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IUGG XXIV General Assembly July 2-13, 2007 Perugia, Italy<br />

(S) - <strong>IASPEI</strong> - International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's<br />

Interior<br />

JSS008 Poster presentation 2011<br />

A magnetotelluric study to recognize a fault zone in Markazi province,Iran<br />

Mr. Masoud Ansari<br />

Institute of Geophysics Student <strong>IASPEI</strong><br />

Behrooz Oskooi<br />

Magnetotelluric (MT) is a passive exploration technique that utilizes a broad spectrum of naturally<br />

occurring geomagnetic variations and natural electric field as a power source measurable at the earths<br />

surface, to investigate the distribution of electrical resistivity in the subsurface. For MT studies,<br />

Electromagnetic fields that are naturally induced in the earth, have wave periods ranging from about 10<br />

to 10 s. The depth of investigation of MT method is much higher than that of other electromagnetic<br />

methods. The Zagros erogenic belt of Iran, as part of the Alpine-Himalayan mountain chain, extends for<br />

about 2000 km in a NW-SE direction from the East Anatolian Fault of eastern Turkey to the Oman Line<br />

in southern Iran. The Zagros erogenic belt is the result of the opening and closure of the Neo-Tethys<br />

oceanic realm. Therefore detection of Zagros basement has an important role in hydrocarbon<br />

exploration. In Jul-Aug 2006 carried out a magnetotelluric (MT) survey across Zagros area to recognize<br />

׳‎04‎ the geological formations and features. Arak is located in the central of Iran with the coordinate of<br />

E. MT measurements were planned at 32 sites over a length of 160 km along an E-W ״‎38.4‎ ׳‎40‎ , N ״‎50.4‎<br />

profile from Arak to Broujerd. MT data were processed using a processing code from Smirnov (2003),<br />

aiming at a robust single site estimates of electromagnetic transfer functions. We obtained onedimensional<br />

(1-D) and two-dimensional (2-D) inversion models using codes from Pedersen (2004) and<br />

Siripunvaraporn and Egbert (2000). As results, we could respectively depict the geological structure in<br />

the area by recognition the fault zone of Talkhab fault.<br />

Keywords: magnetotelluric, inversion, talkhab

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