Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007geoji.170..436m&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Journal International, Volume 170, Issue 5, pp. 436-440.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Continental Collision, Gps, Iran
Scientific paper
A network of 26 GPS sites was implemented in Iran and Northern Oman to measure displacements in this part of the Arabia-Eurasia collision zone. We present the GPS velocity field obtained from three surveys performed in 1999 September, 2001 October and 2005 September and the deduced strain tensor. This study refines previous studies inferred from only the two first surveys. Improvements are significant in NE Iran. The present-day shortening rate across the mountain belts of NE Iran is estimated to 5 +/- 1mm yr-1 at about N11°, 2 +/- 1mm yr-1 of NS shortening across the eastern Kopet Dag and 3 +/- 1 mm yr-1 of NS shortening across Binalud and Kuh-e-Sorkh. Our GPS measurements emphasize the varying character of the Kopet Dag deformation between its southeastern part with prevailing thrusting at low rates and its northwestern part with dominant strike-slip activity at increasing rates. The principal axes of the horizontal strain tensor appears very homogeneous from the Zagros to the Alborz and the Kopet-Dag (N20°) and in eastern Iran (Makran and Lut block: N30°). Only NW Iran suffers a variable strain pattern which seems to wrap the Caspian basin. The strain tensor map underlines the existence of large homogeneous tectonic provinces in terms of style and amplitude of the deformation.
Anvari Mohammad
Daignieres Marc
Djamour Yahya
Masson Frédéric
Nankali Hamid
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