Plio-Quaternary stress states in NE Iran: Kopeh Dagh and Allah Dagh-Binalud mountain ranges |
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| Authors: | Esmaeil Shabanian Olivier Bellier Mohammad R Abbassi Lionel Siame Yassaman Farbod |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Tectonics and Sedimentology, Freie Universität Berlin, Malteserstraße 74-100, 12449 Berlin, Germany;2. Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7193, iSteP, F-75005 Paris, France;3. CNRS, UMR 7193, ISTeP, F-75005, Paris, France 05 PARIS, France;1. Institute of Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany;2. School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Melbourne, 3800, Australia;3. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden;4. Faculty of Mining and Geology, Belgrade University, Serbia;5. Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA;6. Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA;1. Centre de Recherche en Astronomie Astrophysique et Géophysique (CRAAG), Bouzareah, 16340 Alger, Algérie;2. Ecole et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre, Université de Strasbourg, 5, rue Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France;3. Institut de Recherches pour le Développement, UR234 (GET), Toulouse, France;1. Department of Geophysical Engineering, Mustafa Kemal University, 31040, Hatay, Turkey;2. Department of Geophysical Engineering, Cumhuriyet University, 58140, Sivas, Turkey;3. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Bo?azici University, 34684, Istanbul,Turkey;4. Department of Geological Engineering, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, 17020, Çanakkale, Turkey;5. Department of Geological Engineering, Çukurova University, 01330, Adana, Turkey;6. Department of Geophysical Engineering, Süleyman Demirel University, 32260, Isparta, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | NE Iran, including the Kopeh Dagh and Allah Dagh-Binalud deformation domains, comprises the northeastern boundary of the Arabia–Eurasia collision zone. This study focuses on the evolution of the Plio-Quaternary tectonic regimes of northeast Iran. We present evidence for drastic temporal changes in the stress state by inversion of both geologically and seismically determined fault slip vectors. The inversions of fault kinematics data reveal distinct temporal changes in states of stress during the Plio-Quaternary (since ～ 5 Ma). The paleostress state is characterized by a regional transpressional tectonic regime with a mean N140 ± 10°E trending horizontal maximum stress axis (σ1). The youngest (modern) state of stress shows two distinct strike-slip and compressional tectonic regimes with a regional mean of N030 ± 15°E trending horizontal σ1. The change from the paleostress to modern stress states has occurred through an intermediate stress field characterized by a mean regional N trending σ1. The inversion analysis of earthquake focal mechanisms reveals a homogeneous, transpressional tectonic regime with a regional N023 ± 5°E trending σ1. The modern stress state, deduced from the youngest fault kinematics data, is in close agreement with the present-day stress state given by the inversions of earthquake focal mechanisms. According to our data and the deduced results, in northeast Iran, the Arabia–Eurasia convergence is taken up by strike-slip faulting along NE trending left-lateral and NNW trending right-lateral faults, as well as reverse to oblique-slip reverse faulting along NW trending faults. Such a structural assemblage is involved in a mechanically compatible and homogeneous modern stress field. This implies that no strain and/or stress partitioning or systematic block rotations have occurred in the Kopeh Dagh and Allah Dagh-Binalud deformation domains. The Plio-Quaternary stress changes documented in this paper call into question the extrapolation of the present-day seismic and GPS-derived deformation rates over geological time intervals encompassing tens of millions of years. |
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