Fold evolution and drainage development in the Zagros mountains of Fars province, SE Iran

Basin Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-48

  Ramsey, Lucy A ^a   Walker, Richard T ^b   Jackson, James ^c  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DISPLACEMENT; FOLD; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; MESOZOIC; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENTATION; TERTIARY; THRUST FAULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FARS; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; ZAGROS;

EID: 40149090162     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2007.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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