Fault Movement Potential of Marzanabad Area, North Alborz, Iran

• 作者: Ali Sorbi Hamid Moghimi Mehran Arian
• 来源期刊: 地质学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Marzanabad FAULTS ALBORZ MOVEMENT POTENTIAL Iran
• 年，卷（期）: 2015,（3）
• 页码范围: 126-135
• 页数: 10页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

The major Quaternary faults of Marzanabad in the north Alborz can be classified based on their strikes into two sets: northwest and eastwest. In this paper, we use a model to evaluate their movement potential. Their theoretical model is based on the relationship between fault geometrical characteristics and regional tectonic stress field. The results show that Taleqan, Kandovan Chitan-Dozbon and Makaroud-Dalir fault zones are of the highest movement potential in the area. Also, the region where the fault zones have been intersected (northeastern part of study area) is prone to high seismicity;however, these fault zones don’t have high movement potentials.