Pre-existing salt structures and the folding of the Zagros Mountains

• Published in: Salt Tectonics, Sediments and Prospectivity Vol. 363; pp. 545 - 561
• Main Authors: Callot, Jean-Paul, Trocmé, Vincent, Letouzey, Jean, Albouy, Emily, Jahani, Salman, Sherkati, Sharam
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: London The Geological Society of London 01.01.2012; Geological Society of London (GSL)
• Series: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Geophysics, Geodesy & Seismology

Four-dimensional analogue X-ray tomography imagery is used to investigate the role played by pre-existing salt structures during compressive deformation. Initially linear salt structures evolve towards more axisymmetric diapirs. Depending on the diapir geometry and on its thickness relative to the s...