Evolution of the NW Zagros Fold-and-Thrust Belt in Kurdistan Region of Iraq from balanced and restored crustal-scale sections and forward modeling

We present the first regional balanced and restored sections across the northwestern part of the Zagros Fold-and-Thrust Belt in Kurdistan Region of Iraq and a 2D kinematic model that illustrates the evolution of the belt since Late Cretaceous time. The balanced cross-section, based on surface and su...

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Autores: Le Garzic, Édouard, Vergés Masip, Jaume, Sapin, F., Saura, Eduard, Meresse, F., Ringenbach, J.-C.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/181439
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/181439
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Late cretaceous obduction
Mechanical stratigraphy
Multi-detachment folding
Zagros Fold-and-Thrust Belt
Thin-skinned versus thick-skinned
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Sumario:We present the first regional balanced and restored sections across the northwestern part of the Zagros Fold-and-Thrust Belt in Kurdistan Region of Iraq and a 2D kinematic model that illustrates the evolution of the belt since Late Cretaceous time. The balanced cross-section, based on surface and sub-surface data, is characterized by multi-detachment folds detached above a Lower Triassic basal ductile level, with intermediate detachment levels that induced internal complexities like accommodation thrusting and/or disharmonic folding. Our work suggests that the two main structural steps in the detachment level in the High Folded Zone may be related to low-angle thrusts rooted at the brittle/ductile transition. Growth strata of Late Cretaceous and Paleocene times have been recognized for the first time in the Kurdistan Fold-and-Thrust Belt. This allows us to constrain timing of deformation and to estimate the evolution of the shortening and the advance of the deformation front since Late Cretaceous. Deformation of the Zagros belt is characterized by a combination of thin- and thick-skinned tectonics that reactivated the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene obduction belt. © 2019 The Authors