TITLE:
Fault Movement Potential of Marzanabad Area, North Alborz, Iran
AUTHORS:
Hamid Moghimi, Mehran Arian, Ali Sorbi
KEYWORDS:
Marzanabad, Faults, Alborz, Movement, Potential, Iran
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Geology,
Vol.5 No.3,
March
16,
2015
ABSTRACT: The major Quaternary
faults of Marzanabad in the north Alborz can be classified based on their
strikes into two sets: northwest and eastwest. In this paper, we use a model to
evaluate their movement potential. Their theoretical model is based on the
relationship between fault geometrical characteristics and regional tectonic
stress field. The results show that Taleqan, Kandovan Chitan-Dozbon and
Makaroud-Dalir fault zones are of the highest movement potential in the area.
Also, the region where the fault zones have been intersected (northeastern part
of study area) is prone to high seismicity; however, these fault zones don’t
have high movement potentials.