Some active fault systems comprise near-orthogonal conjugate strike-slip faults, as highlighted by the 2019 Ridgecrest and 2012 Indian Ocean earthquake sequences. In conventional Mohr-Coulomb failure theory, orthogonal faulting requires a zero frictional coefficient (pressure-insensitive), which is unlikely in brittle lithosphere. The simulations developed here show that faults can form layer i...

Active deformation in Alborz range is due to N-S convergence between Arabia and Eurasia. This paper provides geomorphic traces of regional deformation in NW Iran in order to characterize active faulting on major faults. Soltanieh and North Zanjan fault systems are involved in convergence boundary extent between South Caspian Basin and Central Iran. Soltanieh and North Zanjan faults are major re...

a doublet of earthquakes with magnitudes of 6.5 and 6.2 in mw scale (global cmt) on 2010 december 20 and 2011 january 27 respectively struck the area that lies between the nehbandan and jiroft fault systems, southeast of iran. these earthquakes occurred in correspondence of the southwestern termination of the kahourak right lateral strike slip fault. the focal mechanisms of both the mainshocks ...

Monitoring of earthquake faults and volcanoes contributes to our understanding of their dynamic mechanisms and to our ability to predict future earthquakes and volcanic activity. We report here on spatial and temporal variations of seismic velocity around the seismogenic fault of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake [moment magnitude (Mw) 7.0] based on ambient seismic noise. Seismic velocity near the r...

the alborz mountains, as a folded and faulting region, is the northern region of crust shortening in iran. dominant mechanism (harvard, 2002) of alborz earthquakes is left-lateral strick-slip paralleled to the range. east alborz is one of the active regions that plays a significant role in the tectonics of its neighbors like south casbin basin. regarding the geological maps of the area, the fau...