Lithospheric structure beneath NW Iran using regional and teleseismic travel-time tomography

K Bavali, K Motaghi, F Sobouti, A Ghods… - Physics of the Earth and …, 2016 - Elsevier
We compute a 2-D tomogram using the P wave arrival time readings from a temporary
seismic experiment to study the seismic structure of the crust and upper mantle in NW Iran …

Shear‐wave velocity tomography of the lithosphere–asthenosphere system beneath the Iranian plateau

H Rahimi, H Hamzehloo… - Bulletin of the …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We conducted a tomographic inversion of Rayleigh‐wave dispersion to obtain 2D phase
and group velocity tomographic images in the 10–100 s period range and shear‐wave …

Internal deformation of turkish–iranian plateau in the hinterland of Bitlis–Zagros Suture Zone

G Seyitoğlu, K Esat, B Kaypak, M Toori… - Developments in structural …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Turkish–Iranian Plateau is located on the hinterland of the Bitlis–Zagros suture
zone and contains systematic active strike-slip fault patterns forming several rhomboidal …

Rayleigh wave group velocities in North-West Iran: SOLA Backus-Gilbert vs. Fast Marching tomographic methods

S Amiri, A Maggi, M Tatar, D Zigone, C Zaroli - Seismica, 2023 - hal.science
In this study, we focus on Northwest Iran and exploit a dataset of Rayleigh-wave group-
velocity measurements obtained from ambient noise cross-correlations and earthquakes …

The structure of the crust in the Turkish–Iranian Plateau and Zagros using Lg Q and velocity

A Kaviani, E Sandvol, X Bao… - Geophysical Journal …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We present a new approach for understanding the origin and nature of seismic anomalies in
the continental crust of the Northern Middle East. We have created detailed attenuation (Q …

Petro-mineralogical controls on coda attenuation in volcanic rock samples

MDP Di Martino, L De Siena, D Healy… - Geophysical Journal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Seismic attenuation measurements, especially those obtained from coda decay analysis,
are becoming a key data source for the characterization of the heterogeneous Earth due to …

Qp, Qs, Qc, Qi, and Attenuation Parameters in the Zagros Region, Iran

A Talebi, H Rahimi, A Moradi, M Mirzaei… - Pure and Applied …, 2021 - Springer
The attenuation of seismic waves in the Zagros region (southwestern Iran) was investigated
using seismic waveforms collected from 2006 to 2019. The selected data set consists of …

Coda wave attenuation in the Zagros collision zone in southwest of Iran and its tectonic implications

A Talebi, H Rahimi, A Moradi - Acta Geophysica, 2025 - Springer
The Zagros collision zone, located in the southwest of Iran, is experiencing an immoderately
large number of seismic hazards caused by the convergence between the two Arabia and …

Lateral and depth variations of coda Q in the Zagros region of Iran

MA Irandoust, F Sobouti, H Rahimi - Journal of Seismology, 2016 - Springer
We have analyzed more than 2800 local earthquakes recorded by the Iranian National
Seismic Network (INSN) and the Iranian Seismological Center (IRSC) to estimate coda wave …

Spatial variations of seismic attenuation in the North West of Iranian plateau from analysis of coda waves

M Naghavi, H Rahimi, A Moradi, S Mukhopadhyay - Tectonophysics, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, spatial variation of coda wave attenuation in the north western (NW) Iranian
Plateau is explored using local earthquakes. Single backscattering method is used to map …