Source mechanisms of the 2004 Baladeh (Iran) earthquake sequence from Iranian broadband and short-period data and seismotectonic implications
- 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.
Author details: | Stefanie DonnerORCiD, Dirk Rößler, Frank KrügerGND, Abdolreza Ghods, Manfred StreckerORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-53982 |
Publication type: | Other |
Language: | English |
Publication year: | 2011 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Contributing corporation: | Technical University Denmark, Inst. for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences |
Release date: | 2011/10/05 |
Tag: | Baladeh; Inversion; Iran; Momententensoren Baladeh; Iran; inversion; moment tensors |
Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Geowissenschaften |
DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 55 Geowissenschaften, Geologie / 550 Geowissenschaften |
Institution name at the time of the publication: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Erd- und Umweltwissenschaften |
License (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerziell, Keine Bearbeitung 3.0 Deutschland |