Holocene slip-rate on the Gowk strike-slip fault and implications for the distribution of tectonic strain in eastern Iran

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 221-228

  Walker, R T ^a   Talebian, M ^b   Sloan, R A ^c   Rasheedi, A ^b   Fattahi, M ^d   Bryant, C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^e NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia; Continental neotectonics; Continental tectonics: strike slip and transform; Kinematics of crustal and mantle deformation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; HOLOCENE; KINEMATICS; LAKE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NEOTECTONICS; RADIOCARBON DATING; SLIP RATE; STRAIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

IRAN;

EID: 77952555379     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04538.x     Document Type: Article

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