The power law scaling, geometric and kinematic characteristic of faults in the Northern part of the Kerman Coal Province (KCP), Iran

Subject Areas : Mineralogy

Hasan Mansouri ¹ , Amir Shafiei Bafti ² , Mohsen Pourkermani ³

1 - Department of Geology, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Geology, Zarand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zarand, Iran
3 - Department of Geology, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2018-11-27 Accepted : 2019-09-02 Published : 2020-04-01

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