History_of_GeologyJun 21, 2025

June 21, 1990, the Mw 7.4 Manjil-Rudbar #earthquake with hundreds of aftershocks hits #Iran killing over 50.000 people

https://ds.iris.edu/data/reports/1990/90-013/IRAN.1990eq.report.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawLDdc5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBvaTViUEJTNUNYTlhuOVIwAR7GCYxVAKYeStgV7UTyIA4VLUAjbsVNEcm0_VmNdolcy_SrvkIIb2alAQs2Aw_aem_8J_S-pA6ArJDPMkFoa2J9w

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The famous road-outcrop near the city of Zanjan records the regional tectonic movements since the Eocene-Pleistocene
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Here a group of faults and fractures, brecciation and graben-horst structures are emphasized by the diversity of colors of marls, clays, limestones and gypsum layers

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191814119305437?fbclid=IwY2xjawLDdiFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBvaTViUEJTNUNYTlhuOVIwAR6Sc-580krYxCJUjtptiCu42H0ocJBLhqqrRAzR0l2wGYAnO4JnIoT-Ujmmlw_aem_1LgEYw15kCBCx6z72D6-Mg