Fault Movement Potentials in the Tehran-Semnan Region (North Iran) - Open Journal of Geology

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Open Journal of Geology

Volume 5, Issue 5 (May 2015)

ISSN Print: 2161-7570 ISSN Online: 2161-7589

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Fault Movement Potentials in the Tehran-Semnan Region (North Iran) ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ojg.2015.55025 3,316 Downloads 4,460 Views Citations

Author(s)

Hamideh Noroozpour¹, Mehran Arian^2*, Ali Sorbi³

Affiliation(s)

¹Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
²Department of Geology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
³Department of Geology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.

ABSTRACT

The major Quaternary faults in the Tehran-Semnan region can be classified based on their strikes into three sets: northeast-southwest, northwest-southeast and east-west. In this paper, we use a model to evaluate fault movement potential (FMP). Their theoretical model is based on the relationship between fault geometrical characteristics and regional tectonic stress field. The results show that The Mosha, Emam Zadeh Davood and Pourlcan-Vardij fault zones have high FMP (0.9 or 90%) and the Parchin fault zone has very low FMP (0.0 - 0.1) in the area.

KEYWORDS

Quaternary Faults, Semnan, Tehran, FMP, Iran

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Noroozpour, H. , Arian, M. and Sorbi, A. (2015) Fault Movement Potentials in the Tehran-Semnan Region (North Iran). Open Journal of Geology, 5, 281-290. doi: 10.4236/ojg.2015.55025.

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