Late Cenozoic volcanism and rates of active faulting in eastern Iran

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 783-805

  Walker, R T ^a   Gans, P ^b   Allen, M B ^c   Jackson, J ^d   Khatib, M ^e   Marsh, N ^f   Zarrinkoub, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia; Continental tectonics: strike slip and transform; Intra plate processes; Rheology: crust and lithosphere

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CENOZOIC; FAULT SLIP; FAULTING; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; VOLCANISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 64849106464     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04024.x     Document Type: Article

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