Crustal-scale cross-sections across the NW Zagros belt: Implications for the Arabian margin reconstruction

Geological Magazine

Volumn 148, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 739-761

  Verges J ^a   Saura, E ^a   Casciello, E ^a   Fernandez M ^a   Villasenor A ^a   Jimenez Munt I ^a   Garcia Castellanos D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arabian margin; folding; shortening; thrusting; Zagros orogen

Indexed keywords

SEISMOLOGY;

ARABIAN MARGIN; FOLDING; SHORTENING; THRUSTING; ZAGROS OROGEN;

RESTORATION;

ARABIAN PLATE; CROSS SECTION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; FORELAND BASIN; MOHO; OROGENY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; THRUST;

ZAGROS;

EID: 80054880574     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756811000331     Document Type: Article

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