Discussion on the Eocene bimodal Piranshahr massif of the Sanadaj-Sirjan Zone, West Iran: A marker of the end of collision in the Zagros orogen

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 981-982

  Allen, Mark B ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; EOCENE; OROGENY; PLATE TECTONICS;

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

EID: 69949091304     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492009-020     Document Type: Article

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