Tethyan subduction and Cretaceous rift magmatism at the southern margin of Eurasia: Evidence for crustal evolution of the South Caspian Basin

I Monsef, Z Zhang, E Shabanian, P le Roux… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Cretaceous rift magmatic activity along the southern margin of Eurasia is ideal for
testing how the far-field magmatism, with alkaline to calc-alkaline igneous rocks along the …

Active transtension inside central Alborz: A new insight into northern Iran–southern Caspian geodynamics

JF Ritz, H Nazari, A Ghassemi, R Salamati… - …, 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The tectonic activity in the Alborz mountain range, northern Iran, is due both to the northward
convergence of central Iran toward Eurasia, and to the northwestward motion of the South …

The 2003 Bam (Iran) earthquake: Rupture of a blind strike‐slip fault

M Talebian, EJ Fielding, GJ Funning… - Geophysical …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
An Mw 6.5 earthquake devastated the town of Bam in southeast Iran on 26 December 2003.
Surface displacements and decorrelation effects, mapped using Envisat radar data, reveal …

GIS modeling of seismic vulnerability of residential fabrics considering geotechnical, structural, social and physical distance indicators in Tehran using multi-criteria …

F Rezaie, M Panahi - Natural Hazards and Earth System …, 2015 - nhess.copernicus.org
The main issue in determining seismic vulnerability is having a comprehensive view of all
probable damages related to earthquake occurrence. Therefore, taking into account factors …

Seismotectonics, geomorphology and paleoseismology of the Doroud Fault, a source of seismic hazard in Zagros

Z Kamali, H Nazari, A Rashidi, MR Heyhat, MM Khatib… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this study, the active tectonics, paleoseismicity, and seismic hazards of the Doroud Fault
are examined through high-resolution satellite image interpretations, field investigations …

Structural control on volcanism in intraplate post collisional settings: Late Cenozoic to Quaternary examples of Iran and Eastern Turkey

E Shabanian, V Acocella, A Gioncada, H Ghasemi… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Volcanic activity focuses along plate boundaries. However, large volcanoes are also found
in intraplate settings. For these volcanoes, geodynamic processes responsible for magma …

Active seismogenic faulting in the Tehran Region, north of Iran; state-of-the-art and future seismic hazard assessment prospects

SS Azad - Tectonophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
This study summarizes the state-of-the-art investigation into active-seismogenic faulting in
the Tehran Region, and presents new complementary data to provide an overall view on …

Morphological and palaeoseismological analysis along the Taleghan fault (Central Alborz, Iran)

H Nazari, JF Ritz, R Salamati, A Shafei… - Geophysical Journal …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The Taleghan fault (TF) is a major active fault of the Central Alborz mountain range in Iran.
Located 50 km northwestwards of Tehran, this 80-km-long fault represents one of the major …

Long term fault slip rates, distributed deformation rates and forecast of seismicity in the Iranian Plateau

A Khodaverdian, H Zafarani, M Rahimian - Tectonics, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, the long‐term crustal flow of the Iranian Plateau is computed using a kinematic
finite‐element model (NeoKinema software). Based on the iterated weighted least squares …

Paleoearthquakes of the past 30,000 years along the North Tehran Fault (Iran)

JF Ritz, H Nazari, S Balescu, M Lamothe… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
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 …