Drainage Diversion Patterns and Landform Morphology as an Indicator of Deformation Style: Examples from the Zagros Simply Folded Belt, Islamic Republic of Iran (ABSTRACT)

Authors

Caroline M. Burberry, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
John W. Cosgrove, Imperial College, LondonFollow
J.-G. Liu, Imperial College, London

ORCID IDs

Caroline M. Burberry

Date of this Version

10-2007

Comments

Published in Complexity in Geomorphology: The 38th Annual Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium, held October 5-7, 2007, at the Levine Science Research Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA, p. 18-19. Paper 15 under the sections “Symposium Posters with Abstracts” ... “Observations of Natural Systems.” Copyright 2007, Binghamtom Geomorphology Symposium. Used by permission.

Abstract

First paragraph of abstract: In the NW-SE trending Zagros Simply Folded Belt, landform organisation is shown to be a straightforward response to tectonic forcing processes using remote sensing. Two end-member fold types (detachment folds and fault-bend folds) interact with streams flowing into the Persian Gulf. Using drainage network analysis and geomorphologic methods, the organisation of emergent landform morphologies is mapped and the distribution of different fold types is inferred.