Mechanical stratigraphy and folding style of the Lurestan region in the Zagros Fold-Thrust Belt, Iran

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1101-1115

  Farzipour Saein, A ^a   Yassaghi, A ^a   Sherkati, S ^b   Koyi, H ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOLLEMENT; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SEISMIC DATA; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

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

EID: 70350593541     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-162     Document Type: Article

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