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History of faulting on the Doruneh Fault System: implications for the kinematic changes of the Central Iranian Microplate
Journal: Geological Magazine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 25 January 2013
Geological Magazine (2013) 150 (4): 651–672.
...HAMID REZA JAVADI; MOHAMMAD REZA GHASSEMI; MAJID SHAHPASANDZADEH; BERNARD GUEST; MARZIEH ESTERABI ASHTIANI; ALI YASSAGHI; MEYSSAM KOUHPEYMA Abstract The Doruneh Fault System is one of the major transcurrent faults in central Asia, extending ~900 km from western Afghanistan into West-Central Iran...
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Field evidence for older right-lateral motion across the Doruneh fault zone...
in History of faulting on the Doruneh Fault System: implications for the kinematic changes of the Central Iranian Microplate
> Geological Magazine
Published: 25 January 2013
Figure 9. Field evidence for older right-lateral motion across the Doruneh fault zone, northwest of Doruneh Village. (a) Sub-parallel fault strands to the northwest of Doruneh Village. (b) S-form semi-cohesive S-C fabrics formed in the Eocene sandstone associated with fault planes of the middle
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Formation of intracontinental basins in the opposite corners of the Tabas block as coeval structures controlled by transpressional faulting, Iran
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 November 2016
GSA Bulletin (2016) 128 (11-12): 1593–1617.
... of the opposite fault slabs, which permitted deposition of Neogene sediments. Deformation according to the “bookshelf” mechanism can be considered as a consequence of accommodation of the shortening of the area north of the Main Zagros thrust and externally imposed shearing along the Great Kavir (Doruneh) fault...
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Geological and tectonic setting of the October 2023 Herat, Afghanistan, ear...
in InSAR‐Based Coseismic Deformation, Fault Slip Distribution, and Coulomb Stress Propagation of the 2023 Herat Earthquake Sequence
> Seismological Research Letters
Published: 30 December 2024
‐Bayaz fault; DFS, Doruneh fault system; HFS, Herat fault system; NBFS, Nayband fault system; and NHFS, Nehbandan fault system. The color version of this figure is available only in the electronic edition.
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Major structures in the Kopet Dagh fold-and-thrust belt, northeast tan; ins...
in Kinematic and Statistical Analysis of Fold Related Fractures in the Northeast of Kopet Dagh Folded Belt, Northeast Iran
> Journal of the Geological Society of India
Published: 01 April 2021
Fig. 1. Major structures in the Kopet Dagh fold-and-thrust belt, northeast tan; inset map shows the location of the belt. D.F: Doruneh Fault, J.F: Jajarm Fault, K.F: Khazar Fault, M.T.F: Maraveh Tappeh Fault, N.F: Nabia Fault, SH.F.S: Shahrud Fault System, and T.K.F: Takal Kuh Fault.
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Synthetic structural maps of the sampled zones north of the Great Kavir–Dor...
Published: 01 May 2012
Figure 2. Synthetic structural maps of the sampled zones north of the Great Kavir–Doruneh fault, in the Great Kavir Basin. (A) The Torud and Moalleman region, with main fault and fold systems (modified from Alevi and Houshmand-Zadeh, 1976 ; Jackson et al., 1990 ). (B) The Jandaq region
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(a) Tectonic setting of Iran in the Middle East and presentation of major c...
in History of faulting on the Doruneh Fault System: implications for the kinematic changes of the Central Iranian Microplate
> Geological Magazine
Published: 25 January 2013
( 2002 ) and Vernant et al . ( 2004 ), respectively. DFS – Doruneh Fault System, MRZF – Main Zagros Reverse Fault, HZF – High Zagros Fault, MFF – Mountain Frontal Fault, ZFF – Zagros Foredeep Fault.
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Simplified tectonic map of northern central Iran, showing the historical an...
in Spatio-temporal evolution of intraplate strike-slip faulting: The Neogene–Quaternary Kuh-e-Faghan Fault, central Iran
> GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 March 2016
(International Seismic Centre, Thatcham, UK, 2009, ( http://www.isc.ac.uk ) and earthquake catalogue at Iranian Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology ( http://www.iiees.ac.ir ). The dashed rectangle indicates the location of the study area and the extent of the map in Figure 3 . DF—Doruneh fault
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Simplified tectonic map of Iran, showing the main collisional and intraplat...
in Spatio-temporal evolution of intraplate strike-slip faulting: The Neogene–Quaternary Kuh-e-Faghan Fault, central Iran
> GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 March 2016
—Doruneh fault; DSF—Dehshir fault; KFF— Kuh-e-Faghan Fault; KKF—Kalmard-Kuhbanan fault; KKTZ—Kashmar-Kerman tectonic zone; KSF—Kuh-e-Sarhangi fault; MZT—Main Zagros thrust; NBF—Nayband fault; NHF—Nehbandan fault; SBF—Shahr-e-Babak fault; ZMTZ—Zagros-Makran transfer zone. The GPS velocities vectors in Iran
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Sections studied in relation to the main tectono-stratigraphic units of Ira...
in Atmospheric dust flux in northeastern Gondwana during the peak of the late Paleozoic ice age
> GSA Bulletin
Published: 05 October 2020
Persian Terrane; UD—Uromieh-Dokhtar Volcanic Belt; Ma—Masouleh; DBF—Dehshir Fault; DF—Doruneh Fault; BM—Binalud Mountains; FR—Farah Rud; GS—Gorgan Schists; MZT—Main Zagros Thrust Belt; Sc—Scythian Platform. Red star 1 indicates the upper Moscovian Absheni Formation at the Asadabad Section, and red star 2
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Map of Iran and surrounding regions showing the traces of some of the most ...
Published: 01 August 2010
( Vernant et al., 2004 ; Walpersdorf et al., 2006 ), and those in normal fonts are from dated Quaternary offsets. Main Recent fault and Kazerun Line— Authemayou et al. (2009) ; Doruneh fault— Fattahi et al. (2007) ; North Tabriz fault— Hessami et al. (2003) ; East and West Neh faults— Meyer and Le Dortz
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Geographical map (a) and simplified tectonic scheme (b) of Iran and neighbo...
in The Late Palaeozoic trilobites of Iran and Armenia and their palaeogeographical significance
> Geological Magazine
Published: 27 April 2012
Kavir–Doruneh Fault system; MZT – Main Zagros Thrust; PTSZ – Palaeo-Tethys
Suture Zone; SSZ – Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone; T – Talesh. Figure 1 b simplified after Zanchi et al . 2009 .
Journal Article
InSAR‐Based Coseismic Deformation, Fault Slip Distribution, and Coulomb Stress Propagation of the 2023 Herat Earthquake Sequence
Journal: Seismological Research Letters
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 30 December 2024
Seismological Research Letters (2024)
...‐Bayaz fault; DFS, Doruneh fault system; HFS, Herat fault system; NBFS, Nayband fault system; and NHFS, Nehbandan fault system. The color version of this figure is available only in the electronic edition. ...
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Extrusion tectonics and subduction in the eastern South Caspian region since 10 Ma: REPLY
Journal: Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 December 2009
Geology (2009) 37 (12): e199–e200.
... extension, which is inconsistent with the 2.4 ± 0.3 mm/yr estimate for left-lateral slip on the east-west Doruneh fault ( Fattahi et al., 2006 ). Furthermore, the new GPS data indicates relatively high rates of range-parallel right-lateral shear (3.7 ± 2.0 mm/yr) along the Binalud range, for which...
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Spatio-temporal evolution of intraplate strike-slip faulting: The Neogene–Quaternary Kuh-e-Faghan Fault, central Iran
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 March 2016
GSA Bulletin (2016) 128 (3-4): 374–396.
... (International Seismic Centre, Thatcham, UK, 2009, ( http://www.isc.ac.uk ) and earthquake catalogue at Iranian Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology ( http://www.iiees.ac.ir ). The dashed rectangle indicates the location of the study area and the extent of the map in Figure 3 . DF—Doruneh fault...
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Discussion on the paper, by A. A. Nowroozi, “focal mechanism of earthquakes in Persia, Turkey, West Pakistan, and Afghanistan and plate tectonics of the Middle East”
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 01 April 1973
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (1973) 63 (2): 731–732.
... of Geophysics, Imperial College, London; and Division of Geodesy and Geophysics, Cambridge, and, (3) Division of Engineering Seismology, Imperial College, London. The map attached to this letter shows the plate boundaries suggested by Nowroozi for Iran in his Figure 8, to which has been added the Doruneh Fault...
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Patterns of historical earthquake rupture in the Iranian Plateau
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 01 February 1999
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (1999) 89 (1): 120–139.
... struck Iran. However, several long, straight strike-slip faults (Doruneh, West Neh, East Neh, and Nayband) have not sustained large historical earthquakes, raising the possibility that these long faults could produce earthquakes of M ≧ 8, thereby removing at least part of the apparent slip deficit...
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Seismotectonic maps of southwest Asia region comprising Eastern Turkey, Caucasus, Persian Plateau, Afghanistan and Hindukush
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 01 June 1974
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (1974) 64 (3-1): 657–669.
...-Doruneh high. In the northeast Persian region, there is a separate seismically active zone enclosing a group of faults, namely, Shahrud, Doruneh and Ferdows and the SEISMOTECTONIC MAPS OF SOUTHWEST ASIA 665 northwest trending Kopet-Dagh. In this seismic high, the maximum A value reached is 6.1 west...
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Comparison between recent left-lateral offsets and remnant ‘fossil’ right-l...
in History of faulting on the Doruneh Fault System: implications for the kinematic changes of the Central Iranian Microplate
> Geological Magazine
Published: 25 January 2013
Figure 6. Comparison between recent left-lateral offsets and remnant ‘fossil’ right-lateral displacement on the DFS. (a) Uplifted and abandoned Quch-Palang alluvial fan deposits show a maximum left-lateral displacement of 850 m across the fault on the Quickbird satellite image (Google Earth). (b
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Examples of DFS fault planes showing two sets of striation representative o...
in History of faulting on the Doruneh Fault System: implications for the kinematic changes of the Central Iranian Microplate
> Geological Magazine
Published: 25 January 2013
, northwest of Doruneh, respectively (sites 14 and 39 in Fig. 4 a, c). (b) and (d) show striations and kinematics of the fault planes shown in (a) and (c). Insets show relative ages of striations based on their cross-cutting relationships, and sense of relative movement for the existing fault block.
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