%0 Journal Article
%T Folding Mechanism in the Asmari Anticline, Zagros, Iran
%A Azar Khodabakhshnezhad
%A Mehran Arian
%A Mohsen Pourkemani
%J Open Journal of Geology
%P 197-208
%@ 2161-7589
%D 2015
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojg.2015.54018
%X Asmari anticline is a
NW-SE fold in the Dezful Embayment sub-basin of Zagros. Fars group (Late
Moicene-Quaternary) is cropping out in the cores of anticlines in this area,
but Pabdeh and Asmari formations (Oligocene-Early Miocene) have cropped out
only in Asmari anticline in the Dezful Embayment. Therefore, it has formed a
unique exposure for above formations. In order to this situation, folding
mechanism of Asmari anticline has investigated in this research. According to
our</span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;\">&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;\">results, Asmari anticline has
two mechanisms: flexural-slip in post-Cretaceous sequences</span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;\">&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana;\">(Khami-Quaternary) and fault-bend
folding in pre-Cretaceous sequences. So, there is a hybrid folding mechanism
that has introduced for the first time in this paper.
%K Asmari Anticline
%K Mechanism
%K Hybrid Folding
%K Zagros
%K Iran
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=55845