1. introduction mountains are the main sources of turbulence and change in the shape of atmospheric flows, and they can cause airflow upward as well as clouds formation and rain through productive mechanisms such as upslope condensation and convection. they also have an important effect on regional and world precipitation turbulence (banta, 1990; barros & lettenmaier, 1994), and can cause sever...

during field work in western regions of the iranian plateau in the zagros mountains in september 2010, a single specimen belonging to the genus and subgenus eremias fitzinger, 1834 was collected from the protected area of bijar (at about 1619 m elevation) in north of the city of bijar, kurdistan province, western iran (47°, 34’ e; 36°, 00’ n).

A deep low in sea-level pressure is present from May to September over Pakistan and northwestern India (hereafter, the Pak–India low). It is often referred as the ‘‘heat’’ low to convey the significance of surface thermal effects reckoned to be important for its origin. The present analysis, rooted in observations and diagnostic modeling, suggests that the Pak–India low is influenced both by re...

Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I DNA sequences are a good discriminative marker for phylogenetic studies in crustaceans and especially in amphipoda. In the present study, molecular and morphological data were analyzed to test whether Gammarus lobifer authority and Gammarus balutchi authority which one or two geographically separated but morphologically similar species. The analyses pr...

In the framework of collection and identification of fungi of Zagros mountains (W and SW Iran), specimens of agaric fungi with subterraneandevelopment were collected from oak forests in Chaharmahal-va-Bakhtiari province. Native people of Dopolan and Rahimabad used hypogeous fruit-bodies of fungus as edible fungi. Excavation was done and fungal samples were found at 15–30 cm soil depth, near Oak...

the asmari formation was deposited in the foreland basin of southwest iran (zagros basin). carbonate sequences of the asmari formation consist mainly of large benthic foraminifera along with other skeletal and non-skeletal components. three assemblage zones have been recognized by distribution of these large foraminifera in the study area that indicate oligocene age (rupelian-chattian). absence...

The mountain fortress of Rabana-Merquly was a major regional centre the Parthian period (first century BC) in Zagros Mountains Iraqi Kurdistan. iconography two rock-reliefs that show an unnamed ruler suggests association with vassal kingdom Adiabene. exceptional preservation fortress's stone walls, undamaged by later agriculture this highland location, provides almost complete example large, fo...

The Paleogene carbonate deposits of Pabdeh and Jahrum formations are widespread from the northwest (Dashte Zari area) to southwest Shahrekord region in High Zagros Mountains Iran record lateral upward transition open marine into shallow water environment. Formation shows a succession pelagic hemipelagic limestone, argillaceous chert. It consists planktonic wackestone, pellet-planktonic mudstone...