Employing Quartz OSL dating to estimate the slip rate of the Doruneh Fault System in Khalilabad

Document Type : Applied Article

Authors

1 Ph.D. Student, Department of Seismology, Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 Assoc. Prof., Department of Seismology, Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

3 Asst. Prof., Department of Seismology, Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

10.22059/jhsci.2024.385250.849

Abstract

The first step in earthquake hazard assessment is identifying and mapping active faults, and then calculating their activity in a specific area. The fault slip rate is a key parameter for understanding the rate of activity and potential hazards of a fault. Therefore, it is necessary to determine the fault slip rate and, if possible, the return period of earthquakes caused by that fault. The aim of this study is to determine the slip rate on the Doruneh Fault System (DFS) in Khalilabad using the Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) method. The DFS is an active fault in the Iranian Plateau, located in the northern part of the Khalilabad. This fault system displaced the existing drainage on the generation of an alluvial fan in the northeast of Khalilabad. Using QuickBird, the displacement of the drainage on an old alluvial fan in northeast Khalilabad was measured to be approximately 260 ± 40 m. Subsequently, the extracted quartz from two sediment samples that were collected from a pit excavated into the surface of the alluvial fan was dated using the OSL method. The age of quartz was determined by measuring the equivalent dose, calculated using the Single Aliquot Regenerative (SAR) method, and the dose rate, determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) analysis of the sample. Additionally, the last sedimentation period and the slip rate of this part of the DFS were estimated to be approximately 89700-102800 years and 2.1-3.3 mm per year, respectively.

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October 2024
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