Geomorphic evidence for ancestral drainage patterns in the Zagros Simple Folded Zone and growth of the Iranian plateau

Geological Magazine

Volumn 148, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 901-910

  Walker, Richard T ^a   Ramsey, Lucy A ^b   Jackson, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

drainage networks; folding; geomorphology; Iran; plateau growth; Zagros

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EXPANSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE NETWORKS; FOLDING; GEOMORPHIC EVIDENCE; IRAN; TOPOGRAPHIC PROFILES; ZAGROS; ZAGROS FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS;

RIVERS;

DEFORMATION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PLATEAU; RIVER SYSTEM; TOPOGRAPHY;

FARS; IRAN; ZAGROS;

EID: 80054957481     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756811000185     Document Type: Article

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