Geomorphology of the northwestern Kurdistan Region of Iraq: landscapes of the Zagros Mountains drained by the Tigris and Great Zab Rivers

Geomorphology of the northwestern Kurdistan Region of Iraq: landscapes of the Zagros Mountains drained by the Tigris and Great Zab Rivers

We present the geomorphological map of the northwestern part of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, where the landscape expresses the tectonic activity associated with the Arabia-Eurasia convergence and Neogene climate change. These processes influenced the evolution of landforms and fluvial pathways, whe...

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Main Authors: Luca Forti, Alessandro Perego, Filippo Brandolini, Guido S. Mariani, Mjahid Zebari, Kathleen Nicoll, Eleonora Regattieri, Cecilia Conati Barbaro, Daniele Morandi Bonacossi, Hasan Ahmed Qasim, Mauro Cremaschi, Andrea Zerboni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-03-01
Series:Journal of Maps
Subjects:
compressive tectonic
folding
fluvial network
karst
zagros mountains
tigris river
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2021.1906339

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2021.1906339

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