Geological-Geomorphological Structure and Recent History of the Iranian Coast of the Caspian Sea

摘要

The Iranian coast of the Caspian Sea is an element of the South Caspian Depression, which represents a spacious plain with a subtropical climate bordered in the south by the Elburs mountainous system. Its western, central, and eastern parts bear different names: Gilyan, Mazandaran, and Golestan plains, respectively. In structural terms, this region represents the Elburs foredeep filled with a thick sequence of Neo-gene-Quaternary sediments and separated from the Elburs fold system by a deep-seated regional fault.