Abstract
The northward movement and collision of the Arabian plate with Eurasia generates compressive stresses and resulting shortening in Iran. Within the Alborz Mountains, North Iran, a complex and not well understood system of strike-slip and thrust faults accomodates a fundamental part of the NNE-SSW oriented shortening.
On 28th of May 2004 the Mw 6.3 Baladeh earthquake hit the north-central Alborz Mountains. It is one of the rare and large events in this region in modern time and thus a seldom chance to study earthquake mechanisms and the local ongoing deformation processes. It also demonstrated the high vulnerability of this densily populated region.
Original language | English |
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Publication date | 2011 |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Event | AG Seismologie : 37. meeting - Sankelmark, Germany Duration: 29 Sept 2011 → 29 Sept 2011 |
Conference
Conference | AG Seismologie : 37. meeting |
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Country/Territory | Germany |
City | Sankelmark |
Period | 29/09/2011 → 29/09/2011 |