Building the Zagros collisional orogen: Timing, strain distribution and the dynamics of Arabia/Eurasia plate convergence

Tectonophysics

Volumn 532-535, Issue , 2012, Pages 27-60

  Mouthereau, F ^a,b   Lacombe, O ^a,b   Verges J ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arabia Eurasia convergence; Fold thrust belt; Iranian Plateau; Orogeny; Zagros

Indexed keywords

ARABIA-EURASIA CONVERGENCE; FOLD-THRUST BELTS; IRANIAN PLATEAU; OROGENY; ZAGROS;

BUOYANCY; DYNAMICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

ARABIAN PLATE; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION; EURASIAN PLATE; EXHUMATION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEODYNAMICS; OROGENY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE MOTION; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPLIFT;

IRANIAN PLATEAU; ZAGROS;

EID: 84859099868     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.01.022     Document Type: Review

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