Qanats are a traditional source of water management that exists throughout much of the
Middle East, and extending into North Africa, Spain and South Asia. In particular, they have …

We explore Holocene climatic changes recorded by geochemical proxies in a single, well-
dated, stalagmite from the northern Zagros Mountains of Iran, a region where stalagmite …

Based on four decades of research by Professor Andrew Goudie, this volume provides a
state-of-the-art synthesis of our understanding of desert geomorphology. It presents a truly …

The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Archaemenid Empire is the first modern
academic study to provide a synthetic, diachronic analysis of the archaeology and early …

Fossil and archaeological evidence indicates that hominin dispersals into Southwest Asia
occurred throughout the Pleistocene, including the expansion of Homo sapiens populations …

Several landscape evolution models have been proposed so far to explain the dynamic
feedback between Earth surface processes and tectonics in the Zagros Mountains …

One of the most significant environmental processes that occurred at the transition from the
last glacial phase into the present inter-glacial phase in arid regions was the shift from …

The North Tehran Fault (NTF) is located at the southernmost piedmont of Central Alborz and
crosses the northern suburbs of the Tehran metropolis and adjacent cities, where∼ 15 …

Combinations of tectonic geomorphological criteria are frequently used to detect vertical and
lateral growth of fold structures in tectonically active settings due to their low cost and …

We investigate the source processes and tectonic significance of two earthquakes that
occurred on 2010 December 20 (M w 6.5) and 2011 January 27 (M w 6.2) within a desert …