Salt Dome In Qom Kuh
by Ahmad Aghahosseini, Tehran, Iran
The Qom salt dome is located at 25km NW of Qom city and in the N of the main Saveh- Qom road. Its structural position is in the western of Alborz anticlinal system of the Qom Alborz range and approximately which is of Mio-Pliocene age. It has a regular gentle morphological shape. It covers an area about 6.5km2with a height of 285m above the adjacent plain and 456km3 volumes at the surface.
Submitted on 10 January 2010
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- Field (1989)
- Geodynamics (253)
- Seismology (171)
- Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology (298)
- Tectonics and Structural Geology (343)
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- Asia (585)
- Southern Asia (137)
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) (57)
- Exact location (50.6892 E, 34.7616 N)
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Credit: Ahmad Aghahosseini (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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