Binalud Mountains
Geology
The mountain range was formed mainly in the Miocene and the Pliocene during the Alpine orogeny and is made predominantly of Triassic and Jurassic rocks, with chiefly Jurassic rocks in the northwestern part and a smaller portion of Paleozoic rocks in the western section. On the southern margin of the range and along the same northwest-southeast direction, there is a strip of Eocene rocks. On the northwestern side of this strip, there is another section of Eocene rocks that are volcanic in origin. The well-known Nishabur turquoise comes from the weathered and broken trachytes and andesites of the Eocene volcanic rocks of this part of the mountain range. The main turquoise mines are situated about 50 kilometres northwest of the city of Nishapur in the vicinity of a village called Madan.
The mountains form part of the faulting resulting from the collision of the Arabian Plate with the Eurasian Plate. The range takes up the motion of Central Iran on the Arabian plate at the rate of 4.0 ± 1.3 mm (0.157 ± 0.051 in) per year.
Binalud Mountain Range in Persian Mythology
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Gallery of the southern foothill
Images
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Village of Eyshabad, Neyshabur (May 2019). This village is situated on the southern foothill of this mountain range.
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View of Binalud Mountain Range & Baghrud Road (zone) of Neyshabur from the district 1 of the city. (April 2020)
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A bicycle lane on the southern foothill of the Binalud Mountain Range (Bagrud Road of Neyshabur, May 2022)
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A view of Binalud Mountain Range from near the Hakim Hospital of Neyshabur (February 2019)
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A view of Binalud Mountain Range from Baghrud Road (zone) of Neyshabur, May 2022
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A view of Binalud Mountain Range from Baghrud Road (zone) of Neyshabur, May 2022
Panorama
References
- ^ Microsoft Encarta World Atlas, 2001, Microsoft Corporation
- ^ Geological Map of Iran, National Geoscience Database of Iran, www.ngdir.ir
- ^ Shabanian, Esmaeil (2012). "The Binalud Mountains: A key piece for the geodynamic puzzle of NE Iran". Tectonics. 31 (6): n/a. Bibcode:2012Tecto..31.6003S. doi:10.1029/2012TC003183.
- ^ Shabanian, Esmaeil; Bellier, Olivier; Siame, Lionel; Abbassi, Mohammad R.; Bourlès, Didier; Braucher, Régis; Farbod, Yassaman (2012). "The Binalud Mountains: A key piece for the geodynamic puzzle of NE Iran". Tectonics. 31 (6). Bibcode:2012Tecto..31.6003S. doi:10.1029/2012TC003183. S2CID 134803967.