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An Introduction to Surface Wave Analysis Michael E. Pasyanos - IRIS

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Quick tec<strong>to</strong>nic overview<br />

• Convergence between Arabian and Eurasia<br />

Plates producing the continued uplift of the<br />

Zagros Mts. and Turkish and Iranian<br />

Plateaus<br />

• Rifting along axes of Afar Triple Junction<br />

creating Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and East<br />

African Rift Zone<br />

• Remnant oceanic crust in Black and<br />

Caspian Seas<br />

• Subduction of oceanic crust in the<br />

Mediterranean Sea and along the Makran<br />

• Large strike-slip faults along the Dead Sea<br />

Fault, East <strong>An</strong>a<strong>to</strong>lian Fault, and North<br />

<strong>An</strong>a<strong>to</strong>lian Fault<br />

• Very deep sedimentary basins along the<br />

Persian/Arabian Gulf, Mesopotamian<br />

Foredeep, eastern Mediterranean and<br />

Caspian Sea.<br />

• Precambrian Arabian-Nubian Shield<br />

Simplified tec<strong>to</strong>nic map<br />

from Seber et al. (2000)

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