Extrusion tectonics and subduction in the easter South Caspian region since 10 Ma

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 763-766

  Hollingsworth, James ^a   Jackson, James ^a   Walker, Richard ^b   Nazari, Hamid ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alborz; Earthquake; Faulting; Kopeh Dagh; South Caspian; Tectonic geomorphology

Indexed keywords

ALBORZ; FAULTING; KOPEH DAGH; SOUTH CASPIAN; TECTONIC GEOMORPHOLOGY;

FORMING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; KINEMATICS; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

EXTRUSION;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; GEODETIC NETWORK; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GPS; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION;

ASIA; CASPIAN SEA; ELBURZ; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 54949119556     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25008A.1     Document Type: Article

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