Fault zone migration by footwall shortcut and recumbent folding along an inverted fault: Example from the Mosha Fault, Central Alborz, Northern Iran

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 825-836

  Ehteshami Moinabadi, Mohsen ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS;

CENTRAL ALBORZ; FAULT ZONE; FAULT-RELATED FOLD; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; MIOCENE; SIMILAR CASE; STRUCTURAL DATA; STUDY AREAS;

DEFORMATION;

BASEMENT (BUILDING); DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; FOLDING; FOOTWALL; TERRAIN; THRUST;

ALBORZ; IRAN;

EID: 84907911608     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjes-2014-0001     Document Type: Article

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