Influence of a transverse basement fault on along-strike variations in the geometry of an inverted normal fault: Case study of the Mosha Fault, Central Alborz Range, Iran

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1507-1519

  Yassaghi, A ^a   Madanipour, S ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Central Alborz; Footwall shortcut thrusts; Hanging wall break back thrusts; Inversion tectonics; Transverse basement fault

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ALBORZ; FOOTWALL SHORTCUT THRUSTS; HANGING-WALL BREAK-BACK THRUSTS; INVERSION TECTONICS; TRANSVERSE BASEMENT FAULT;

BUILDINGS; FOUNDATIONS; LANDFORMS; TECTONICS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BASEMENT ROCK; DEFORMATION; FOOTWALL; HANGING WALL; INVERSION TECTONICS; MESOZOIC; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOZOIC;

ASIA; ELBURZ; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 56349124217     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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