Recent tectonic activity in Central Alborz Mountain, Iran: morphometric analysis and knickpoint identification

doi:10.1007/s11629-019-5945-2

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	Recent tectonic activity in Central Alborz Mountain, Iran: morphometric analysis and knickpoint identification
	Shokri, Parisa; Dehbozorgi, Maryam; Hakimi Asiabar, Saeid
刊名	JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE
	2020
卷号	17 期号:12 页码:3137-3161
关键词	Morphotectonic Bedrock rivers Knickpoint Quaternary Fault Uplift Central Alborz
ISSN号	1672-6316
DOI	10.1007/s11629-019-5945-2
英文摘要	Alborz, as part of the Alpine-Himalayan orogeny belt, has been the result of the convergence of the Central Iranian and Eurasian plate since the late Triassic. The study area located in Central Alborz encompasses different Quaternary faults. Thus, the present study aimed to evaluate the effect of faults on river landforms through morphotectonic indices and the causes of knickpoints and knickzones in the Bedrock Rivers in part of Central Alborz. To this end, six morphometric indices such as longitudinal gradient (SL), hierarchical anomaly (Delta a), the bifurcation index (R), hypsometric integral and hypsometric curve (Hi-Hc), relative relief (Bh), and basin shape (Bs) were calculated and analyzed in 38 sub-basins of the area. Finally, the area was divided into extremely high, high, medium, and low tectonic activity areas using the relative tectonic activity (IAT). Normalized steepness and concavity indices along with the longitudinal profiles of the streams were obtained using Matlab and Arc GIS software. Based on the findings, the existence of slope-break knickpoints at the mountain piedmont at the outlet of large rivers through active faults demonstrated that most of these landforms were created by movements along the main faults such as Khazar, Nusha, Soheil, Deylaman, Kashachal, representing high tectonic activity in the central and southern parts of the study area. However, the values of these indices were extremely low and indicated low tectonic activity in the northern parts located in the embayment part of the Caspian Sea. Finally, the findings revealed that these classes correspond well to the areas with landforms such as V-shaped and narrow valleys, gorges, deflected and offset streams, deformed Neogene, and Quaternary units that indicate the post-Neogene activity.
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源URL	[http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/57085]
专题	Journal of Mountain Science_Journal of Mountain Science-2020_Vol17 No.12
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shokri, Parisa,Dehbozorgi, Maryam,Hakimi Asiabar, Saeid. Recent tectonic activity in Central Alborz Mountain, Iran: morphometric analysis and knickpoint identification[J]. JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE,2020,17(12):3137-3161.
APA	Shokri, Parisa,Dehbozorgi, Maryam,&Hakimi Asiabar, Saeid.(2020).Recent tectonic activity in Central Alborz Mountain, Iran: morphometric analysis and knickpoint identification.JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE,17(12),3137-3161.
MLA	Shokri, Parisa,et al."Recent tectonic activity in Central Alborz Mountain, Iran: morphometric analysis and knickpoint identification".JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE 17.12(2020):3137-3161.