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Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 1988; v. 37; p. 51-59;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.037.01.05
© 1988 Geological Society of London

Holocene serial folding in the Zagros

C. D. Mann & C. Vita-Finzi

University College London, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, UK

In the south-east Zagros Mountains of Iran, deformation during the Quaternary has occurred by serial folding, with the mountain front advancing westwards at 17 mm/yr. Coastal uplift during the Holocene indicates a horizontal slip of about 30 mm/yr. The geometry of the locked and nascent folds indicates compression by a horizontal force equivalent to between 0.134 and 0.790 kbar according to which model is adopted.