Structural variation along the Zagros and the nature of the Dezful Embayment

Geological Magazine

Volumn 148, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 911-924

  Allen, Mark B ^a   Talebian, Morteza ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arabia Eurasia collision; fold and thrust belt; Iran; Zagros

Indexed keywords

STRATIGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS; DEEP MARINE SEDIMENTS; EURASIA; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; IRAN; STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS; ZAGROS; ZAGROS FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ARABIAN PLATE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRETACEOUS; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DEFORMATION; DEPOCENTER; EMPLACEMENT; EURASIAN PLATE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; NAPPE; OPHIOLITE; PALEOGENE; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

DEZFUL EMBAYMENT; FARS; IRAN; ZAGROS;

EID: 80054887674     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756811000318     Document Type: Article

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