TITLE:
Morphotectonic Analysis of Burkh Anticline, North of Bastak (Zagros)
AUTHORS:
Mohammad Khalaj
KEYWORDS:
Anticline, Internal Fars Zone, Tectonics, Morphotectonic Indices, Folded-Trusted Belt
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Geology,
Vol.5 No.6,
June
10,
2015
ABSTRACT: Burkh Anticline having a
length of 50 km and a width of 9 km is located 40 km to the north of Bastak
City in Internal Fars zone along folded-thrust belt of Zagros. In order to
assess the active tectonics in the area of study, morphotectonical indices such
as valley index (V), ratio of valley floor to valley height (Vf),
channel sinuosity index (S), mountain front faceting index (F%) and mountain
front sinuosity(Smf) are studied. These investigations show that the
activity is not equal in various sections along Burkh Anticline and the central
part of this anticline is the most active one.