equilibrium-line altitudes (elas) of former glaciers in the zardkuh mountain of the zagros mountain range were reconstructed from glacial-geologic data on former ice limits by using various methods. in the study area various types of glacial landforms such as outwash fans, moraines and well developed glacial cirques are observed. the results suggest that ela were depressed 1433 m below to prese...

tectonic processes are major factors controlling landform development in tectonically active areas. in order to evaluate quantitative measurement of tectonic activities in the alamarvdasht basin in the south of iran, six different morphological indices including stream-gradient index (sl), drainage basin asymmetry (af), hypsometric integral (hi), valley floor width-valley height ratio (vf), dra...

Salt lithologies are mechanically weaker than other sedimentary rocks. horizons usually act as décollements and precursor salt bodies preferentially deform early during contraction, concentrate deformation, impact the structural style kinematics mountain building. Focusing on shortened isolated-diapir provinces, our analog modeling program investigates influence of two walls folding thrusting. ...

Metadon persicus Gilasian & Reemer sp. nov. is described, based on a single female specimen from the Zagros mountains in Iran. Morphological variation among the members of the genus Metadon Reemer and their distribution in the world are discussed. Photographs of the new species are provided. The subfamily Microdontinae represents a new taxon for southwestern Asia and the genus Metadon is report...

We map the lateral variations of P-wave velocity beneath Zagros collision zone in Iran down to 800 km depth by regional travel time tomography. invert 32,293 relative residuals from five temporary seismic networks across NW and central northern Iran, a large number permanent stations distributed over Iranian Plateau. A salient feature our model is ~225 thick lithosphere Zagros, almost twice as ...

Hypogastrura persica sp. nov. is described from the Zagros Mountains (Kermanshah Province, Iran). The new species can be distinguished from two nearest congeners, namely H. exigua Gisin, 1958 (Alps) and H. magistri Babenko, 1994 (Siberia), by the body size, the number of sensilla on antennal segment IV, the number of setae on dens and ventral tube as well as chaetotaxy of abdominal terga IV and...