QE278 : investigation of neotectonic deformation on Gouchan-Shirvan area and its following seismicity
Thesis > Central Library of Shahrood University > Geosciences > MSc > 2015
Authors:
Vahid Shafiei Rashvanlou [Author], Parviz Omidi[Supervisor], Ramazan Ramazani Oomali[Supervisor], Aziziollah Taheri[Advisor]
Abstarct: Quchan - Shirvan area which is part of Chnaran- Bojnoord plain in Cope Dagh, is located about one hundred and fifty kilometers north-East of the Mashhad, between the cities of Ghoochan and Shirvan. In this area, the Ghoochan, Shokranlou and Baghan faults with trending of the northwest - southeast are the most important faults. The Neotectonics activities of these faults are traceable in the Quaternary deposits. baxsed on the field evidences, the fault activities are documented in the displacement of the waterways, the impact on the alluvial fan deposits and the Quaternary sediments cutting. The right lateral strike slip motion of the Baghan and Quchan faults are diminished at their southern end in the Quchan - Shirvan plain, as a lateral ramp and reverse side on the F2 and F3 faults. The field evidence of these activities are the coming up of the Quaternary deposits and the formed blades of them along F2 and F3 faults. Morphometric parameters such as meandering waterways, the gradient of the river basin shape and cross-section valleys, indicate tectonic activities in the region. Study of the faults shows that the most powerful earthquakes in the Quchan – Shirvan area are related to the Gouchan fault (7.4 Richter) and to the Baghan fault (6.8 Richter). Analyses of the earthquakes that have been recorded by seismometers, especially the micro earthquakes, shows that they have high density in the Ghoochan and Bagnan fault terminals and also they are located in the hanging wall of these reverse faults.
Keywords:
#Ghochan-Shirvan area #Quchan fault #shokranlou fault #Baghan fault #the fault terminations #morphotectonic #earthquakes Link
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