Document Type : Original Research Paper

Author

Department of Geology, Islamic Azad University Khorasgan Branch, Esfahan, Iran.

Abstract

The study area, located in 40 km southeast of Eghlid town, is a  metamorphozed terrain  situated between the Eghlid fault and the Zagros Main Thrust and is a part of the southeastern Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone. The area consists of the highly deformed rocks which have been emerging clearly in dextral shear zones. Mesoscopic scale analysis carried out for determining the paleostress directions and deformation history of the area. Thus mesoscopic faults, joints and veins were measured and analyzed based on the field measurements and statistical methods. Then fitting structural models were presented for each of them. Furthermore, formation ages of the structures were considered based on relative time scale. According to the results, it can be concluded that two different deformation phases were effective in formation of the analyzed structures.
 

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