Structural development of a major late Cenozoic basin and transpressional belt in central Iran: The Central Basin in the Qom-Saveh area

Geosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 325-362

  Morley, Chris K ^a   Kongwung, Booncherd ^a   Julapour, Ali A ^b   Abdolghafourian, Mohsen ^b   Hajian, Mahmoud ^b   Waples, Douglas ^a   Warren, John ^c,d   Otterdoom, Heiko ^a   Srisuriyon, Kittipong ^a   Kazemi, Hassan ^a  

^a PTTEP   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^d CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EOCENE; HOLOCENE; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MIOCENE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE; THRUST FAULT; TRANSPRESSION; VOLCANIC BELT;

ELBURZ; IRAN; ZAGROS;

EID: 77954015803     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00223.1     Document Type: Article

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