Palygorskite is a widely distributed clay mineral that is commonly found in soils and sediments of arid regions, particularly in the Middle East. This study aimed to determine the distribution of palygorskite in major parent materials of soils developed on central Iranian Tertiary sediments. Based on field observations and geologic maps, 12 geological formations with Tertiary age were sampled a...

cultural iran is a scope that is more extended than the political territories of iran as a political unit. this concept means that cultural geography(mehdi moghanlo-1383-1) of iran is greater than its political geography which, according to history, has a long history extending west-east from kandahar to the euphrates and north-south from the persian gulf to the caucasus including transoxiana a...

gol-e-gohar iron ore mine of sirjan in southern part of iran is a large open pit that operates below the groundwater table and during mining operation, dewatering is required to prevent operation processes from flooding. current operation is going on by digging wells in or out of the pit and pumping to prevent flooding. as a result of the former dewatering operation a vast deep cone of depressi...