Numerical modelling of continental collision with an application to the Zagros fold-and-thrust belt

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Chapters 3 and 4 are published as the following papers:

Chapter 3. Ghazian R.K. and Buiter S.J.H. (2013). A numerical investigation of continental collision styles, Geophysical Journal International, 193, 1135-1152, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggt068">doi:10.1093/gji/ggt068</a>

Chapter 4. Ghazian, R. K., & Buiter, S. J. (2014). Numerical modelling of the role of salt in continental collision: An application to the southeast Zagros fold-and-thrust belt. Tectonophysics 632, 96-110. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2014.06.006">doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2014.06.006</a>