Structural evolution of the Laibid pop-up structure Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone, West Iran .

• Autores: M. Aflaki, M. Mohajjel
• Localización: Trabajos de geología, ISSN 0474-9588, Nº 29, 2009, págs. 68-73
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The Laibid pop-up structure is located in the highly deformed sub-zone of the Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone, western Iran. In this zone, structural trends are parallel to the Zagros fold-thrust belt (NW-SE), but the pop-up structure has a different trend of E-W and is surrounded by several fault sets, which are the youngest deformational event. Comparison between the fold axes and axial plains of the inner and outer part of the pop-up structure and also coaxial interference patterns of polyfolding show a continuous deformation in the study area. It seems that during Late Jurassic, due to right lateral transpression movement resulting from the collision of the Iranian and the Afro-Arabian continents, three folding stages formed and passively rotated in a continuous deformation condition.