Fold patterns and multilayer rheology of the Lurestan Province, Zagros Simply Folded Belt (Iran)

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 947-959

  Casciello, E ^a   Verges J ^a   Saura, E ^a   Casini, G ^a   Fernandez N ^a   Blanc, E ^b   Homke, S ^b   Hunt, D W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOGENE; RHEOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; LORESTAN; MIDDLE EAST; ZAGROS;

EID: 69949099112     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-138     Document Type: Article

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