Transpressional deformations within the Sanandaj-Sirjan metamorphic belt (Zagros Mountains, Iran)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 818-826

  Sarkarinejad, Khalil ^a   Faghih, Ali ^a,b   Grasemann, Bernhard ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Iran; Quantitative kinematic analysis; Sanandaj Sirjan metamorphic belt; Transpression; Zagros

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION ZONES; ELSEVIER (CO); KINEMATIC INDICATORS; KINEMATIC MODELLING; LATERAL EXTRUSION; METAMORPHIC BELTS; OBLIQUE COLLISION; POLYPHASE DEFORMATION; PURE SHEAR; SEMI QUANTITATIVE; SHEAR ZONES; SPATIAL ORIENTATION (SO); TRANSPRESSION; TRANSPRESSIONAL DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION; LANDFORMS; MECHANICS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SHEARING MACHINES;

KINEMATICS;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; KINEMATICS; LINEATION; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSPRESSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; SANANDAJ-SIRJAN BELT; ZAGROS;

EID: 45649084912     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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