Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph. D. Student, General Geological Survey and Mineral Explorations of Lorestan, Khoramabad, Iran

2 Asistant Professor, Research Institute for Earth Sciences, Geological Survey of Iran, Tehran, Iran

3 M.Sc., General Manager Geological Survey and Mineral Explorations of Lorestan, Khoramabad, Iran

4 M.Sc., Geological Survey of Iran, Tehran, Iran

5 M.Sc., Geological Survey and Mineral Explorations of Gilan, Rasht, Iran

Abstract

The Dorud fault, as one of the most important seismic in segments of Zagros main recent fault, near the Arjng area it have northwest-southeast trend and continuity extended in Boroujerd area. Geophysical impressions in 5 profiles, and three resistivity, magnetometric and radionuclide parallel profile and parts of one profile were performed. After the completion of field operations and data acquisition, GPR and magnetometer data were final processed in Radexproler and Geosoft software’s, respectively and with combining them in PA software, clearer interpretation of the subsurface structures, especially faults and discontinuities area were obtained. Among these, the F1 fault was considered as the main fault and F2 was the branching branch of the faulty branching out of it. For this reason, the Drood fault in this range is a fault zone with branching fissures branching out to the northeast This fault zone is located at the level of Silakhor plain with a length of several tens of kilometers, a variable height between 50 cm and 7 meters and with approximate dip 60-75 degree toward the north. all of these fault branches have a mechanism and according to their normal slip component.

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