TITLE:
Mud Diapirism on the Makran, Iran: Case Study on the Napag Mud Volcano
AUTHORS:
Faranak Feizi, Mehran Arian, Artin Arian
KEYWORDS:
Napag, Mud, Volcano, Makran, Iran
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Geology,
Vol.5 No.5,
May
13,
2015
ABSTRACT: The Napag is the biggest
Mud Volcano at Makran in Iran. The main aim of this research is the
investigation of geologic setting and geographic situation of Napag Mud Volcano
as a well-known mud diapir at Makran on the south eastern margin of Iran. The
Napag Mud Volcano has been formed during quaternary of as a conical hill on the
flat plain in coastal region Oman Sea. There are badlands area and several mud
volcanoes that they have been triggered by longitudinal normal faults. This
normal faults have been developed in neotectonic regime by the roll-back of
oceanic lithosphere (beneath of Oman Sea). Finally, the main characteristics of
the Napag mud diapir are presented.