An international study, the results of which were published in the prestigious scientific journal Natural Geosciences on November 13, announces the identification of two main rifts in the Earth's lithosphere structure deep in southeastern Iran, a discovery that could change scientists' understanding of how the Earth's mountain ranges and the Earth's geological crust are formed and the Earth's geological changes. Makran area.
Using seismic imaging and 3D reconstruction of underground structures, researchers have identified evidence of two rift locations in the tectonic plate that rests beneath the Zagros and Makran transition zone. These two ruptures were created in two different situations and by different mechanisms; One of them is related to the transition from oceanic subduction to continental collision and the other is near the intersection of Makaran's changing pit with another tectonic boundary.
This research was conducted by an international team led by Ling Chen and He-Qiang Lan from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.