With only 43 described stygobionts and two isopod species the obligate groundwater fauna of Iran, a vast country with over 10% limestone surface, is inadequately known. Here, we report discovery Asellus ismailsezarii sp. nov. from Zagros mountains, first eyeless depigmented asellid Iran. The new morphologically similar to monticola Birstein, 1932, but it fully depigmented, has slightly curved p...

The chamomile species of Anthemis triumfettii (L.) All is one of important medicinal plant belong to Compositae family and it grows as wild species in Zagros and Alborz Mountains, Iran. The aim of this study was to evaluation of morphological and phenological traits and their relationships with essential oil. Seeds of seven accessions were sown in jiffy pots and transferred to field using rando...

Zagros Mountains in west of Iran are covered by unique forests and rangelands. Increasing population, low level of development and high dependence of local people on natural resources for primary livelihood needs resulted in degradation of Zagros forests and rangelands. Along with these factors, since the last decade, climate change including severe drought is an important issue in the world, p...

Tectonic stresses governed by the Arabia – Central Iran collision are transferred throughout Iranian Plateau. The orientation of maximum horizontal stress (σ 1 ) significantly changes (~90°) in Persian block NW Iran. However, exact spatial extent and boundary conditions for these poorly defined. This study investigates late Cenozoic regime a key region including Mahneshan Mianeh Basin (MMCB), G...

Balanced cross-sections across the Zagros fold–thrust belt in Iran are used to analyze the geometry of deformation within the sedimentary cover rocks, and to test the hypothesis of basement involved thrusting throughout the fold–thrust belt. Although the Zagros deformation front is a relatively rectilinear feature, the sinuous map-view morphology of the mountain front is a result of a 6 km stru...

tectonic processes are major factors controlling landform development in tectonically active areas. in order to evaluate quantitative measurement of tectonic activities in the alamarvdasht basin in the south of iran, six different morphological indices including stream-gradient index (sl), drainage basin asymmetry (af), hypsometric integral (hi), valley floor width-valley height ratio (vf), dra...