Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002georl..29s..33t&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 29, Issue 19, pp. 33-1, CiteID 1927, DOI 10.1029/2002GL015427
Physics
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Geodesy And Gravity: Crustal Movements-Interplate (8155), Geodesy And Gravity: Space Geodetic Surveys, Tectonophysics: Continental Neotectonics, Tectonophysics: Continental Contractional Orogenic Belts
Scientific paper
In 1997 and in 2000, we measured the distances between 14 geodetic benchmarks across the central Zagros mountain belt. The results show that about 10 mm/yr of shortening in the central Zagros is distributed across the mountain belt. This shortening corresponds to roughly 50% of the total convergence between Arabia and Eurasia and is consistent in direction. The Persian Gulf does not deform significantly. The Main Zagros Reverse Fault is not an active kinematic boundary. The internal deformation of the folded belt is rather homogeneous, at the scale of our survey, which does not allow us to detect any individual active blind fault. However, the strain pattern suggests that N-S dextral strike slip faults may accommodate part of the deformation.
Chéry Jean
Ghafori-Ashtiany Mohsen
Hatzfeld Denis
Martinod Joseph
Tatar Mohammad
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