December 2010

Neotectonic stress field and deformation pattern within the Zagros and its adjoining area: An approach from finite element modeling

  In this study, finite element modeling (FEM) is performed to analyze the Neotectonic stress field of Zagros fold-and-thrust belt and its adjoining areas. Our modeling results predict that the study area has somewhat complex stress orientation, deformational fashion and faulting pattern under oblique convergence tectonic setting. The modeled results demonstrate that the displacement vectors within the...

Author(s): Md. Shofiqul Islam, and Ryuichi Shinjo