A Statistical Search For Detection Of Possible Rigid Blocks In The Arabia-Eurasia Oblique Collision Zone (Iran)

In this research an investigation has been done to determine the possible more rigid blocks in the region of Iran based on the Euler pole estimations. An initial pattern of the existing blocks has been constructed by the information gathered from the available related documents to be the start point of the process. A Eurasia-fixed combination of the local and global velocity fields gathered from related articles since 2002, have been used as input data in this study. The results show the new pattern of the rigid blocks with 27 additional and smaller blocks in and around the study area. These results can be a base for further crustal studies in the region of Iran.