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        1 - Salt tectonics of Garmsar basin (north of central Iran)
        محسن Pourkermani Mahdi Nazarizadeh M.A GHorbani
        Evaporate basin of North and West of Garmsar, tectonically is an east-west graben that located in thenorth border of central Iran back-arc basin. Garmsar fault as the most important tectonic structure ofthe studied area, trending east-west, is accommodated in north of G More
        Evaporate basin of North and West of Garmsar, tectonically is an east-west graben that located in thenorth border of central Iran back-arc basin. Garmsar fault as the most important tectonic structure ofthe studied area, trending east-west, is accommodated in north of Garmsar which declines towards thewest and its trend changes to NW-SE. The mentioned fault is a thrust dipping to the north with leftlateral attitude. Considering fracture system of salt structures in the studied area implies on influencingE-W structural trend of Garmsar thrust on salt structures. Garmsar thrust as the principle structure hasthe most important role in upwards movement of upper Eocene-Oligocene salt mass and taking themto the surface. Outcropped evaporate system imply existing a salt nappe aquifer in north of centralIran. Manuscript profile