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Crustal stress Map of Iran: Insight from seismic and geodetic computations
Uppsala universitet, Teknisk-naturvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Geovetenskapliga sektionen, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, Geofysik..
Uppsala universitet, Teknisk-naturvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Geovetenskapliga sektionen, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, Berggrundsgeologi.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1744-7004
Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
2014 (English)In: Pure and Applied Geophysics, ISSN 0033-4553, E-ISSN 1420-9136, Vol. 171, no 17, p. 1219-1236Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

We used the focal mechanisms of crustal earthquakes (depth <40 km) in the period 1909-2012 and the available GPS velocities, estimated from the data collected between 1999 to 2011, to estimate the magnitude and directions of maximum principal stress and strain rates in Iran. The Pearson product moment correlation was used to find the correlation between the stress field obtained from the focal mechanism stress inversion and that obtained using the seismic and geodetic strain rates. Our assumption is that stresses in a continuum are produced by tectonic forces and the consequent deformation on the crustal scale. Therefore, the direction of the stress and strain (or strain rate) are ideally be the same. Our results show a strong correlation between the directions of the principal components of stress and strain (rate) obtained using the different data/methods.  Using  weighted average analysis, we present a new stress map for Iran.

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2014. Vol. 171, no 17, p. 1219-1236
Keywords [en]
Geodetic strain rate, Seismic strain rate, Stress inversion, Iran, Stress map
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Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
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Geophysics with specialization in Seismology; Earth Science with specialization in Mineral Chemistry, Petrology and Tectonics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-24992DOI: 10.1007/s00024-013-0711-9ISI: 000340480700008Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84905694012OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-24992DiVA, id: diva2:1134578
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Swedish Research CouncilAvailable from: 2013-08-20 Created: 2017-08-21 Last updated: 2020-01-28Bibliographically approved

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