Stratigraphy and Palaeontology
marjan zadesmaeil; Mahmoud Reza Majidifard; Seyed Hamid Vaziri; Davood Jahani
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The Middle and Upper Jurassic sedimentary well successions is located in the northwestern Damghan, (eastern Alborz range). The Dalichai Formation with a thickness of 618 meters in the studied section consists of marl, limestone and marly limestone. The lower boundary with the siliciclastic of the underlying ...
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The Middle and Upper Jurassic sedimentary well successions is located in the northwestern Damghan, (eastern Alborz range). The Dalichai Formation with a thickness of 618 meters in the studied section consists of marl, limestone and marly limestone. The lower boundary with the siliciclastic of the underlying Shemshak Formation is unconformable and in the upper boundary is gradually covered by the Lar Formation. From studied section, altogether 371 fossile sample were collected of which 15 sample were related to other taxon (Bellemnite, Bivalve, Coral and Sponge). Altogether, 51 species of ammonites from the Dalichai Formations belonging to 25 genera and 9 families and 14 zones are described. The following families are reported: Phylloceratidae, Lytoceratidae, Haploceratidae, Oppeliidae, Parkinsoniidae, Morphoceratidae, Reineckeiidae, Perisphinctidae and Aspidoceratidae.Based on ammonites, the Dalichai Formation ranges from the Upper Bajocian to Lower Kimmeridgin and can be subdivided, from bottom to top, into six informal members.Palaeobiogeographically the ammonite fauna is closely related to that of the sub-Mediterranean Province of the northwestern Tethys.
Geophysics
Vahid Maleki; mohammad reza Hatami; Ali Asghar Mottaghi
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In this study, we investigate the seismicity of eastern Alborz based on precise location of the earthquakes during the last two decades. In order to reduce the effect of outliers and low quality data on earthquake location results, during phase reading, weighing has been done. Manual readings of seismic ...
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In this study, we investigate the seismicity of eastern Alborz based on precise location of the earthquakes during the last two decades. In order to reduce the effect of outliers and low quality data on earthquake location results, during phase reading, weighing has been done. Manual readings of seismic phases for the desired area have been provided with a seismic data bank in which 5461 phases S and 8523 phases have been read, compared to seismic phases read in The Iranian Seismological Center (IRSC) shows a significant increase. Initial location is based on phase picking and initial weights using a nonlinear probabilistic method (Lomax et al, 2000). After calculation of initial location, the double difference method (waldhauser et al, 2000) is used to enhance the earthquake location quality. The earthquake waveform correlation tool is used to re-find the earthquakes. Transparency correlations are performed for events with a similarity of over 70% in a given time window for phase P and S. As a result, using this technique, the phase reading error for the same events reaches its lowest level, resulting in seismic events in re-location with a much higher accuracy than the initial location and location based only on the catalog data. Results of waveform cross correlation shows that in this area, earthquakes with high similarity occurring at in different times. Investigating the location of earthquakes on the Firoozkouh fault and then Chashm fault and Astaneh Fault in the cross sections.
F. Aarab; P. Omidy; A. Taheri
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In this paper, the evidences of Quaternary deformation in the west of Shahrood, in an area starting from Deh-Molla valley and extending to Tazareh valley in the southern domain of eastern Alborz have been studied. The studied area is bounded on the North and South by two main faults that trends east- ...
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In this paper, the evidences of Quaternary deformation in the west of Shahrood, in an area starting from Deh-Molla valley and extending to Tazareh valley in the southern domain of eastern Alborz have been studied. The studied area is bounded on the North and South by two main faults that trends east- west and dips to north. In the field inspection, the evidences of Quaternary activity like cutting and displacing of Quaternary sediments in some localities such as Deh-Molla and Tazareh valleys have been observed. This study showed that the indications of Quaternary activity are present in the whole of the region; but the North fault with a dominantly left lateral strike slip mechanism that is the eastern continuation of Astaneh fault, has a main role in Quaternary deformation. The left lateral strike slip movement on South fault is finished to east where it connects to a normal transfer fault. This latter transfer fault trends north- south and dips to east.
