Author(s)

Ramin Sadeghi^1*, Abdollah Saeedi², Mehran Arian¹, Manochehr Ghorashi^2,3, Ali Solgi¹

¹Department of Geology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
²Research Institute for Earth Sciences, Geological Survey, Tehran, Iran.
³Department of Geology, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

In recent years, the method of magnetic survey as one of the new techniques in geological and geophysical studies is known. In this study to determine the shape of the stress field of the two methods, Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS) and paleostress have been used. Paleomagnetism is the characteristics of magnetic rocks. Some issues in associated with the past places of continental and oceanic plates can be solved. AMS is one of the paleomagnetism methods that pay to measurement of parameters (which are reflector of the magnetic fabrics rocks). It is presenting an ellipsoid with three-axis perpendicular to each other that defines magnetic ellipsoid. In this regard, the number of 12 stations in different rocks (Jurassic to Quaternary) in the southern region of Ardebil sampling was conducted. In this connection, the study of magnetic fabrics has shown an elliptical magnetic susceptibility with the prolate shape. For the separation of paleostress phases in the Khalkhal area using the analysis of the paleostress based on the study of heterogeneous fault-slip data and sliding lineaments. Firstly, data were picked from 10 stations, and after their analysis, the elliptical shape (prolate) has been determinated. The shape of the ellipsoid, based on AMS and paleostress methods and their results show that in both methods the shape of the stress field is prolate.

Paleostress, Anisotropy, Inversion Method, Strain Ellipsoid, Iran

Sadeghi, R. , Saeedi, A. , Arian, M. , Ghorashi, M. and Solgi, A. (2015) Comparison of Strain Ellipsoid Shape in the South of Ardabil Range (NW), Based on the Results of the Magnetic Susceptibility Anisotropy and Paleostress Methods. Open Journal of Geology, 5, 611-622. doi: 10.4236/ojg.2015.59054.