Determine Stress Field of the Shirband Area by Geometric and Kinematic Analysis of Faults and Folds (North Damqan, Iran) - Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection

GEP > Vol.5 No.2, February 2017

Determine Stress Field of the Shirband Area by Geometric and Kinematic Analysis of Faults and Folds (North Damqan, Iran) ()

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DOI: 10.4236/gep.2017.52006 3,623 Downloads 5,043 Views

Author(s)

H. Roohafza, R. Ramesani, A. Taheri

Affiliation(s)

Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Shahrood University, Shahrood, Iran.

ABSTRACT

In this paper faults and folds of shirband area (north of damqan) investigated to determine the orient of the stress field. The study area is limited between the two faults with E-W strike and northward slip. Investigations result show major faults of the area have sinisteral mechanism. Waterways displacement and slicken slip of faults approve this issue. Three main folds of area has approx-imately same trend along major faults (E-W). Orientation of stress field investigated and classified by using from some large and medium scale faults and folds. Analysis of stress field investigated by inversion method show that compression axis in the study area have approximately NE-SW strike.

KEYWORDS

Structural Analysis, Stress Field, Faults, Folds, Astaneh Fault, Eastern Alborz, Shirband Area

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Roohafza, H. , Ramesani, R. and Taheri, A. (2017) Determine Stress Field of the Shirband Area by Geometric and Kinematic Analysis of Faults and Folds (North Damqan, Iran). Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 5, 75-85. doi: 10.4236/gep.2017.52006.

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