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Active Faults on the Satellite Image of Azerbaijan Province, Northwestern Iran

Akram Alizadeh

Active Faults on the Satellite Image of Azerbaijan Province, Northwestern Iran

Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran is one of the hypersaline lakes of world. In the Urmia region a Cenozoic island arc was formed by northeastward subduction of Neo-Tethyan oceanic plate beneath central Iran; the lake is therefore located in the fore-arc basin tectonic setting.