M Hamidian Shirazi; A Saeedi; A Solgi; K Yazdjerdi
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The Zagros orogen is located along the central part of the of Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt, and is one of the world’s youngest orogenic systems. Geological and deformational characteristics of this orogen are completely different from other parts of the Alpine orogenic belt. Of the most obvious ...
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The Zagros orogen is located along the central part of the of Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt, and is one of the world’s youngest orogenic systems. Geological and deformational characteristics of this orogen are completely different from other parts of the Alpine orogenic belt. Of the most obvious structural features of the Zagros orogen are the occurrence of large-scale folds. The lack of geometrical uniformity along their axes is the most important character of these folds. General trend of the structures formed in the Zagros region (folds and major faults) is northwest–southeast, which is locally deflected due to different reasons such as effects of large fault zones. In some places, the changes in the initial pattern of folds may be related to more than one tectonic parameter. The simultaneous operation of two or more parameters such as faulting or salt penetration can also significantly change the fold patterns. The Ahmadi anticline, which is located 50 km east of Shiraz, is one of such folds where this property (i.e. changes in fold pattern) can be investigated. The fold has a box fold model with the axis trending NNW-SSE, and is located south of the Main Zagros Thrust Fault, as well as close and parallel to it. It is also situated in the Zagros folded zone and forms the northern boundary of the Sarvestan plain. The Ahmadi anticline is an open and symmetric fold, trending along NNW-SSE direction. Along the anticline, the fold axis is never straight and has been deflected at several points. The most significant fold axis deflection is observed along the eastern termination of the anticline, where the fold axis is deflected by about 62 degrees toward south.
M. Sabeti; M. H. Emami; A. Saeedi; K. Ajdary; A. Minaee; A. R. Nadimi
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Bouin– Miandasht Intrusive body is located in South- West of Golpayegan quadrangle and Sanandaj- Sirjan Zone. This Intrusion is composed of a compositional range including: porphyroid granite (monzogranite- syenogranite), granodiorite and gabbro – diorite. Variation diagrams of major and ...
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Bouin– Miandasht Intrusive body is located in South- West of Golpayegan quadrangle and Sanandaj- Sirjan Zone. This Intrusion is composed of a compositional range including: porphyroid granite (monzogranite- syenogranite), granodiorite and gabbro – diorite. Variation diagrams of major and trace elements show a trend of continuous compositive spectrum and affinity in granite to granodiorite and noncontinuous spectrum and lack of affinity between gobbro- diorite with the former group. All samples are metaluminous and slightly peraluminous, and rich in K contents. On the basis of geochemical data, these rocks are I- type granites characterized by depletion in Ta, Nb, P, Ti and enrichment in Cs, K, Sr, Rb, Ba that are obvious in the multi-element spider diagrams. The enrichment in LILEs and depletion in HFSEs reveal I- type metalominous volcanic arc granitoid (VAG).Satellite images and geological evidences show that there are 2 main fault systems in Golpayegan region with two trends of NW-SE and NE- SW.
A. Keynezhad; M. Pourkermani; M. Arian; A. Saeedi; M. Lotfi
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Detailed geological and structural analysis of north of Torud-Moalleman area (Central Iran), between Anjilu fault in north and Torud fault in the south, led to tectonic elements of this limit such as fractures and relative of their mechanism with left lateral sheared zone of two main faults. This study ...
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Detailed geological and structural analysis of north of Torud-Moalleman area (Central Iran), between Anjilu fault in north and Torud fault in the south, led to tectonic elements of this limit such as fractures and relative of their mechanism with left lateral sheared zone of two main faults. This study provides a movement system of Chalu, Gandi and Hafez faults in this shear zone. On the basis of kinematics findings and using general methods of fault slip analysis (orientation of slip plane, slip vector, shape of stress ellipsoid and angle of internal friction) region stress field were calculated after determining the angle of internal friction for each one of fault limits. Then, the main stress orientation determinates for combination data that values of ،وwere 195/10, 339/78 and 104/07 respectively. The shape of stress ellipsoid was defined on the basis of shape factor, [R= (-) / (-)], (Angelier, 1975). The R-value for whole studied regions was about 0.5 and deformation type was mainly left lateral transpressional with reverse component. Such results are evident from N-NE (N195) trending in the region and northward movement of the lithosphere. These finding are in line with field research results of fractures, faults and mechanism in this general shear zone.
Alireza Shahidi; E. Barrier; M.-F. Brunet; A. Saidi
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In northern Iran the Eo-Cimmerian orogeny resulting from this collision is associated with a regional unconformity and a major change in sedimentation. From Norian to middle Bajocian (Shemshak group), 030° trending extension is indicated by syndepositional normal faults. We assign this extensional ...
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In northern Iran the Eo-Cimmerian orogeny resulting from this collision is associated with a regional unconformity and a major change in sedimentation. From Norian to middle Bajocian (Shemshak group), 030° trending extension is indicated by syndepositional normal faults. We assign this extensional tectonics to the rifting phase preceding the oceanic opening of the South Caspian Basin. Dalichai and Lar formations, late-Bajocian to Neocomian in age, conformably cover the Shemshak in central Alborz. They are contemporaneous with the opening of the South Caspian marginal basin. In Alborz, the lower part of the Cretaceous sequence is associated with E-W to WNW-ESE trending normal fault systems associated with magmatism related to an N-S to NNE-SSW trending extension during this period. The Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary is marked by a major regional unconformity. This unconformity is related to a major inversion of the southern margin of the South Caspian basins. During the early-middle Eocene, southern Alborz is characterized by a rapid subsidence of the Karaj basin. Syndepositional E-W to WNW-ESE trending normal faults are common in the Karaj Formation. They are associated with a well-determined N-S to NNE-SSW extension. We assign the Karaj basin to a back-arc basin related to the NE subduction of the neo-tethyan oceanic lithosphere beneath the southern margin of Eurasia.
M. Saadat; S. A. Alavi; A. Saeedi
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To analyze the paleostress in Sorkheh Hessar – Khodjir area, different shear – fault planes and the associated slickenside lineations are measured. The stress tensor and the variation of the stress direction in the upper Triassic to Oligocene formations are discussed. Numerous shear data ...
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To analyze the paleostress in Sorkheh Hessar – Khodjir area, different shear – fault planes and the associated slickenside lineations are measured. The stress tensor and the variation of the stress direction in the upper Triassic to Oligocene formations are discussed. Numerous shear data are determined from different locations in the study area and categorized into 16 sites according to the stratigraphic age. The main criteria used to identify the sense of slip are accretionary mineral steps, tectonic tool marks, polished and rough facets, and riedel shears. According to the inversion method which includes determination of the mean stress tensor orientation and sense of slip on numerous faults ,all data are classified based on tectonic events and the principal stress axes and corresponding compressional and extensional directions are calculated.
Based on the derived results from the diagrams, it is suggested that a prominent NE- SW compressional stress direction, which is obvious in Mesozoic and the younger Cenozoic formations, caused the deformation of the Mesozoic strata after Mesozoic and was continuous in Tertiary (Oligocene). It seems that a younger N-S stress direction exists and has had effects on both older and younger formations. It is believed that it would be related to one of the last Alpine orogenic phases.
