The Bitlis-Zagros Fold-Thrust Belt is one of the world?s largest deformation zones, extending from Eastern Mediterranean in southern Turkey to south Iran. This zone partitioned between different structures; however, little known about relative activities these structures and their effects on topography. An area located northern part Bitlis- Zagros Belt, just Anatolian Plateau was studied detail...

A significant amount of the ongoing shortening between Eurasian and Arabian plates is accommodated within Zagros Fold-Thrust Belt. However, spatial temporal distribution active belt, especially in its NW part, not yet well constrained. We determined depositional ages uplifted river terraces crossing belt along Greater Zab River using luminescence dating. Kinematic modeling fault-related fold wa...

This research deals with the geometry of Khalakan Anticline by using field data. The anticline is located in NE Iraq, within High Folded Zone Iraqi Western Zagros Fold – Thrust Belt where southwestern limb it represents boundary between Low and folded zones. age exposed rocks study area ranges from Cretaceous to Late Pliocene. Qamchuqa Kometan formations expose two limbs as oldest rocks, while ...

This study focuses on determining the orientation and constraining magnitude of present-day stresses in Dezful Embayment Iran’s Zagros Fold Thrust Belt. Two datasets are used: first includes petrophysical data from 25 wells (3 to 4 km deep), second contains 108 earthquake focal mechanisms, mostly occurring blind active basement faults (5 20 deep). Formal stress inversion analysis mechanisms dem...