New tectonic configuration in NE Iran: Active strike-slip faulting between the Kopeh Dagh and Binalud mountains

Tectonics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Shabanian, Esmaeil ^a,b   Bellier, Olivier ^a   Siame, Lionel ^a   Arnaud, Nicolas ^c   Abbassi, Mohammad R ^b   Cochemé, Jean Jacques ^d  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND SEISMOLOGY IIEES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION; FIELD SURVEY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; NEOTECTONICS; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPOT; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

IRAN;

EID: 72149119036     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008TC002444     Document Type: Article

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