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

F Mouthereau, O Lacombe, J Vergés - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
The Zagros Mountains are the result of the Arabia/Eurasia collision initiated at~ 35Ma as the
rifted Arabian lithosphere was underthrusted beneath the Iranian plate due to its negative …

[HTML][HTML] Thick-skinned and thin-skinned tectonics: A global perspective

OA Pfiffner - Geosciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
This paper gives an overview of the large-scale tectonic styles encountered in orogens
worldwide. Thin-skinned and thick-skinned tectonics represent two end member styles …

Thick-skinned tectonics and basement-involved fold–thrust belts: insights from selected Cenozoic orogens

O Lacombe, N Bellahsen - Geological Magazine, 2016 - cambridge.org
Defining the structural style of fold–thrust belts and understanding the controlling factors are
necessary steps towards prediction of their long-term and short-term dynamics, including …

High‐resolution lithospheric structure of the Zagros collision zone and Iranian Plateau

MA Irandoust, K Priestley… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
From a joint analysis of fundamental mode Rayleigh wave group velocities and P‐wave
receiver functions, we derive a new, high‐resolution 3D shear‐wave velocity (Vs) model for …

Seismotectonics of the Zagros (Iran) from orogen‐wide, calibrated earthquake relocations

E Karasözen, E Nissen, EA Bergman… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We use calibrated earthquake relocations to reassess the distribution and kinematics of
faulting in the Zagros range, southwestern Iran. This is among the most seismically active …

Orogenic plateau growth: Expansion of the Turkish‐Iranian Plateau across the Zagros fold‐and‐thrust belt

MB Allen, C Saville, EJP Blanc, M Talebian… - Tectonics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This paper shows how the Turkish‐Iranian Plateau grows laterally by incrementally
incorporating adjacent parts of the Zagros fold‐and‐thrust belt. The limit of significant …

Generation of arc and within-plate chemical signatures in collision zone magmatism: Quaternary lavas from Kurdistan Province, Iran

MB Allen, M Kheirkhah, I Neill, MH Emami… - Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
New whole-rock and Sr–Nd isotopic analyses of Quaternary lavas from Kurdistan Province,
western Iran, shed light on the nature of orogenic plateau magmatism during continental …

The 12 November 2017 Mw 7.3 Ezgeleh‐Sarpolzahab (Iran) Earthquake and Active Tectonics of the Lurestan Arc

E Nissen, A Ghods, E Karasözen… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 12 November 2017 M w 7.3 Ezgeleh‐Sarpolzahab earthquake is the largest
instrumentally recorded earthquake in the Zagros Simply Folded Belt by a factor of∼ 10 in …

Ramp-flat basement structures of the Zagros Mountains inferred from co-seismic slip and afterslip of the 2017 Mw7. 3 Darbandikhan, Iran/Iraq earthquake

WD Barnhart, CMJ Brengman, S Li… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The November 2017 M w 7.3 Darbandikhan earthquake in the northern Zagros
Mountains of Iran/Iraq was the largest instrumentally recorded earthquake to date in this …

Salt tectonics along the High Zagros Fault in Iran, faulting through welded salt walls

H Taghikhani, A Yassaghi, S Madanipour… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2024 - Elsevier
In salt-bearing foreland fold-thrust belts, precursor salt structures affect deformation and
accommodate fault zones during orogenic shortening. The complex structure and the …