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Open Journal of Geology (OJG) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in geology. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of geology. All manuscrip…
Golrokh Mahdavi, Ahmad Khakzad, Mohammad Lotfi
The Robat geological study area is located 32 Km west-northwest of Khomein town. From the geo-structural point of view , it is in the median part of the Sanandaj - Sirjan zone [1], and from the mineralization aspect it is part of the Malayer - Esfahan Pb-Zn m…
Behzad Hajalilou, Nasser Ashrafi, Jafar Sharifi
In NW Iran, the bluish grey pencil shale intercalated with thin detritic limestone and siltstone was deposited on the grey limestone of Paleocene. Based on the X-ray diffraction results, the shale forming minerals are composed of calcite, quartz, feldspar, do…
Hasan Lashkari, Ali Akbar Matkan, Zainab Mohammadi
Saudi Arabian subtropical high pressure is a major system affecting general circulation of the atmosphere of west Asia. Its annual relocation affects the relocation of other systems in the area, such as Mediterranean cyclones, Sudanese low pressure areas, and…
Ehsan Aziz, Mohsen Pourkermani, Korus Yazdjerdi, Ali Sorbi
Dena Fault is one of the fundamental and main structures with more than 130 km. One of the most important structural properties of this fault is changing in its trend s o that at least three structural trends are detectable along this fault. Some continental…
Pouya Kavandi, Alireza Firoozfar, Mohammad Amin Hemmati
Problematic soils usually cause considerable problems to engineering projects. As an example, soil structure collapse caused by moisture increment or rising underground water level results in huge settlements. This type of problematic soil, named collapsible…
R. Biabani, M. Meftah Halaghi, Kh. Ghorbani
Scour is a natural phenomenon that is created by the rivers streams or the flood which brings about transferring or eroding of bed materials. To have accurate and safe erosion control structures design, maximum scour depth in downstream of the structures gain…
Zahra Nadim, Mehri Azani
Terminals and stations as one of the most important parts of transportation systems and also as the arteries of the country ’ s economy life undertake significant role in adjustment and regulation of the traffic pulse of cities and roads. Urban furniture is o…
Davar Ebrahimi, Abdolhossein Amini, Ali Solgi, Elham Hajikazemi
The Burgan Formation in northwest of the Persian Gulf is applied to lower part of Albian age Kazhdumi Formation, where is dominated by coarse to medium terrigenous facies. It is the most susceptible siliciclastic unit in the area to hydrocarbon reservoir. Thi…
Abdolreza Alijani, Nader Kohansal Ghadimvand, Mohsen Aleali, Mohammad Reza Espahbod, Ali Meysami
As sediments are produced and accumulated in sedimentary basins especially in dams’ reservoirs and they highly affect the reservoirs life span, it is essential to scrutinize the effect of lithology and types of geological formations of an area on the life spa…
Mohsen Damani Gol, Hamed A. Keykha, Jafar Rahnama-Rad
The f irst area is rock instability in conglomerates walls, and the second area is soil instability in a slope composed of sand gravel and shale in the south of the study area. In the first area, rock slopes were studied by fractures condition, slope morpholo…
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Open Journal of Geology (OJG) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in geology. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of geology. All manuscrip… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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