Strike-slip faulting, rotation, and along-strike elongation in the Kopeh Dagh mountains, NE Iran

The Kopeh Dagh is a linear mountain range separating the shortening in Iran from the stable, flat Turkmenistan platform. In its central part is an array of active right-lateral strike-slip faults that obliquely cut the range and produce offsets of several kilometres in the geomorphology and geologic...

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Main Authors: Hollingsworth, J, Jackson, J, Walker, R, Gheitanchi, MR, Bolourchi, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2006