The transition between Makran subduction and the Zagros collision: Recent advances in its structure and active deformation

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 330, Issue , 2010, Pages 43-64

  Regard, V ^a   Hatzfeld, D ^b   Molinaro, M ^c,d   Aubourg, C ^c   Bayer, R ^e   Bellier, O ^f   Yamini Fard, F ^g   Peyret, M ^e   Abbassi, M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; KINEMATICS; OBLIQUE FAULT; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE TECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRANSFORM FAULT; TRANSPRESSION; WRENCH FAULT;

MAKRAN; ZAGROS;

EID: 77956014120     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP330.4     Document Type: Article

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