Pre-existing salt structures and the folding of the Zagros Mountains

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 363, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 545-561

  Callot, Jean Paul ^a,b   Trocmé, Vincent ^c   Letouzey, Jean ^a   Albouy, Emily ^c   Jahani, Salman ^c   Sherkati, Sharam ^c  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^c GDF SUEZ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; DECOLLEMENT; DEFORMATION; DIAPIR; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; GEOMETRY; PALEOZOIC; SALT TECTONICS; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

ZAGROS;

EID: 84857383234     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP363.27     Document Type: Article

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