Fault determination due to sinkhole array on Lar Valley, northeast of Tehran (Iran)

Acta Carsologica

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 203-208

  Khorsandi, Ahmad ^a   Miyata, Takao ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active fault determination; Iran; Lar valley; Sinkhole array and formation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DOLINE; FAULT ZONE; KARST; SINKHOLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TEHRAN;

EID: 35348950003     PISSN: 05836050     EISSN: 15802612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3986/ac.v36i2.188     Document Type: Article

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