Use of remote sensing data and GIS tools for seismic hazard assessment for shallow oilfields and its impact on the settlements at Masjed-i-Soleiman area, Zagros Mountains, Iran.

• Main Authors: Safari, Hojjat Ollah, Pirasteh, Saied, Pradhan, Biswajeet, Gharibvand, Ladan Khedri
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24279/; http://www.mdpi.com/

Masjed-i-Soleiman (MIS) is situated in the northern part of the Dezful embayment, which is in the Zagros fold-thrust belt with high seismic activities. MIS faces a shallow buried anticline, formed by the shallowest oilfield with a thick gas cap. The cap rocks of this oilfield are highly fractured, w...