Surficial deposits on salt diapirs (Zagros Mountains and Persian Gulf Platform, Iran): Characterization, evolution, erosion and the influence on landscape morphology

Geomorphology

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 195-209

  Bruthans, Jiří ^a   Filippi, Michal ^b   Asadi, Naser ^c   Zare, Mohammad ^c   Šlechta, Stanislav ^a,b   Churáčková, Zdenka ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Erosion rate; Salt diapir; Surface morphology; Surficial deposit; Vegetation cover; Zagros Mountains

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIAPIR; EROSION RATE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; SINKHOLE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; VEGETATION COVER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST; PERSIAN GULF; ZAGROS;

EID: 64949100432     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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