Fracture patterns in the Zagros Simply Folded Belt (Fars, Iran): Constraints on early collisional tectonic history and role of basement faults

Geological Magazine

Volumn 148, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 940-963

  Lacombe, Olivier ^a,b   Bellahsen, Nicolas ^a,b   Mouthereau, Frédéric ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Sorbonne Universités   (France)

Author keywords

basement faults; folds; fractures; Iran; Neogene; palaeostress; Zagros

Indexed keywords

BELTS; BUILDINGS; CALCITE; FAULT SLIPS;

BASEMENT FAULTS; FOLDS; IRAN; NEO GENES; PALAEOSTRESS; ZAGROS;

FRACTURE;

BASEMENT ROCK; DEFORMATION; FAULT; FAULT SLIP; FOLD BELT; FOLDING; FRACTURE; NEOGENE; PALEOSTRESS; TECTONICS;

FARS; IRAN; ZAGROS;

EID: 80054914931     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001675681100029X     Document Type: Article

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