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In this research, we have focused on the geometrical characteristics of young faults in North Tehran tectonic wedge which is confined with the Mosha and North Tehran faults, the most outstanding active faults in Alborz fold-thrust belt. The statistical, genetic, and kinematic relationships between internal faults, boundary faults, and the stress regime in the area (at the finite state of deformation path) are considered in detail with the help of rose diagrams and Riedel’s model. On this basis, all faults with diverse mechanisms have been classified into different Riedel fractures and their orders of formation are identified. Pattern of faults implies a more or less N–S compression at the period of faulting. Consideration of geometry and tectonic setting of abundant normal faults have led to propose folding and listric faulting model to explain the origin of normal faults in a compressional tectonic region. These structural models represent the mechanism of normal faulting in response to compression in crustal and upper crustal scales, respectively.
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This paper is a part of S. Rajabi’s MSc thesis at the Research Center for Earth Science, Geological survey of Iran, Tehran. The authors benefitted from the use of the facilities at RCES, Geological Survey of Iran.
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Rajabi, S., Eliassi, M. & Saidi, A. Statistic and genetic investigation of faults in North Tehran tectonic wedge (South Central Alborz). Arab J Geosci 5, 1269–1277 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-010-0270-7
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