New magnetic fabric data and their comparison with palaeostress markers in the western Fars Arc (Zagros, Iran): Tectonic implications

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 330, Issue , 2010, Pages 97-120

  Aubourg, Charles ^a   Smith, Brigitte ^b   Eshraghi, Ali ^c   Lacombe, Olivier ^d   Authemayou, Christine ^e   Amrouch, Khaled ^d   Bellier, Olivier ^f   Mouthereau, Frédéric ^d  

^a Université de Cergy Pontoise   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ARABIAN PLATE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GPS; MAGNETIC FABRIC; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MIOCENE; PALEOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOSTRESS; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; PLEISTOCENE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

FARS; IRAN;

EID: 77956024436     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP330.6     Document Type: Article

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