Zagros "phantom earthquakes" reassessed - The interplay of seismicity and deep salt flow in the Simply Folded Belt?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 3561-3583

  Nissen, Edwin ^a   Jackson, James ^b   Jahani, Salman ^c   Tatar, Mohammad ^d  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND SEISMOLOGY IIEES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; seismology; tectonics; Zagros

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; MICROEARTHQUAKE; RHEOLOGY; SALT TECTONICS; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

FIN; HORMOZGAN; IRAN; QESHM; ZAGROS;

EID: 84901020437     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010796     Document Type: Article

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