TITLE:
Study on Saravan Fault Activities on the Basis of Earthquake and Morphotectonics Evidences
AUTHORS:
Shahram Habibi Mood, Mohsen Jami, Javad Shahraki, Nazanin Sarhaddi
KEYWORDS:
Saravan Fault, Earthquake, Morphotectonic, Geomorphologic, Dextral Strike-Slip
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Geology,
Vol.6 No.2,
February
16,
2016
ABSTRACT: Saravan Fault is the
biggest fault in southeast of Iran. It is Right-Slip fault. It has been
extended from northwest to southeast. It is important to evaluate tectonic
activities along this fault because it is adjacent to the city and various
villages. It’s found that there are various tectonic activities along this
fault. In this paper, it has been studied on affecting this fault on
geomorphology of the zone. Average values of some indices such as Mountain Font
Sinuosity and V ratio have been studied that they are 1.76 and 0.77,
respectively. It suggests that there are serious tectonic activities in the
zone. There are some evidences such as Right-Slip fault along artificial river
channel that indicates its youngest stage means Late Cenozoic. According to
studies, Saravan Fault is more active in the middle zone than northwest and southeast
ends.