Left-lateral active deformation along the Mosha-North Tehran fault system (Iran): Morphotectonics and paleoseismological investigations

Tectonophysics

Volumn 497, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Solaymani Azad, Shahryar ^a,b   Ritz, Jean François ^a   Abbassi, Mohammad Reza ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

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

Author keywords

Active fault; Central Alborz; Iran; Morphotectonics; Mosha fault; North Tehran fault

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CENTRAL ALBORZ; IRAN; MORPHOTECTONICS; MOSHA FAULT; NORTH TEHRAN FAULT;

DEFORMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; KINEMATICS;

TECTONICS;

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIP-SLIP FAULT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; KINEMATICS; PALEOSEISMICITY; QUATERNARY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING; TERTIARY; THRUST; TOPOGRAPHY;

ELBURZ; IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 78650514812     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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