Active crustal shortening in NE Syria revealed by deformed terraces of the River Euphrates

Terra Nova

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 427-437

  Abou Romieh, Mohammad ^a   Westaway, Rob ^b,c   Daoud, Mohamad ^a   Radwan, Yousef ^d   Yassminh, Rayan ^a   Khalil, Ahlam ^a   al Ashkar, Abeer ^e,f   Loughlin, Susan ^g   Arrell, Katherine ^h   Bridgland, David ⁱ  

^a National Earthquake Center NEC   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^e DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^f BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; FOLD BELT; KINEMATICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC HAZARD; TRANSPRESSION;

ASIA; EUPHRATES RIVER; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

PALMYRA;

EID: 71049188554     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2009.00896.x     Document Type: Article

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