Geology Department
The Department of Geology was founded in 2011 by offering an undergraduate program. This department aims to train committed researchers and specialists needed in Geology and related fields. It is expected that graduates can help the scientific development, economic independence and domination of natural resources of the country. The Department of Geology also offers Masters’ and Ph.D. programs. In the Master's Program students can study in the areas of specialization offered in Stratigraphy and Paleontology, Sedimentology, Economic Geology and Engineering Geology, Tectonic, Hydrogeology, Geology, Petrology and Environmental Geology. The sub-disciplines of the Department of Geography in the Ph.D. program are Stratigraphy and Paleontology, Sedimentology, Economic Geology, Engineering Geology and Tectonic. More
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Seyed Massoud Homam |
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Academic staff
Research
Recent journal articles
Khalilizadeh, H., Ashouri, A., Ghaderi, A., & Maria Barbacka (2023). Two fossilized swamps containing in situ Sphenophyta stems, rhizomes, and root systems from the Middle Jurassic Hojedk Formation, Kerman area (Iran). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 103 (1), 3-20.
Habib Biabangard, Richard M. Palin, Mohammad Boomeri, Scott A. Whattam, Homam, S., & Omol Banin Shahraki (2023). Neogene calc-alkaline volcanism in Bobak and Sikh Kuh, Eastern Iran: Implications for magma genesis and tectonic setting. Mineralogy and Petrology, 117 (1), 63-77.
Mostafa Sabouhi, Moussavi Harami, S., Ali Kadkhodaie, Payman Rezaee, Mahmoud Jalali, & David A Wood (2023). Stratigraphic influences on reservoir heterogeneities of the Mid-Cretaceous carbonates in southwest Iran: Insight from an integrated stratigraphic, diagenetic and seismic attribute study. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 243 (3), 1-14.
Akbar Heidari, Luis A Gonzalez, Moussavi Harami, S., & Narges Shokri (2023). Post-depositional history of the lower Palaeocene interval using petrographic, CL and geochemical data in the East Tethys: Kopet-Dagh Basin, northeast Iran. Geological Magazine, 160 (1), 1-16.
Bavi, H., Mahmudy Gharaie, M., Moussavi Harami, S., H. Zand-moghadam, Mahboubi, A., & Mohammad Reza Tohidi (2023). Spatial dispersion hot spots of contamination and human health risk assessments of PTEs in surface sediments of streams around porphyry copper mine, Iran. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 45 (6), 3907-3931.
Homam, S., Mohamed Zaki Khedr, Robert J. Stern, & Orhan Karsli (2023). Primary minerals and mantle peridotites in Late Cretaceous ophiolites of Iran: a review. International Geology Review, 65 (18), 2854-2878.
Maazallahi, M., Khanehbad, M., Moussavi Harami, S., Mahboubi, A., & Mahnaz Sabbagh Bajestani (2023). Provenance analysis and maturity of the Rayen River sediments in Central Iran: based on geochemical evidence. Environmental Earth Sciences, 82 (3), 1-17.
Sharifi, J., Hafezi Moghaddas, N. (2023). A novel approach for fracture porosity estimation of carbonate reservoirs. Geophysical Prospecting, 71 (4), 664-681.
Noorbakhsh, Z., Hafezi Moghaddas, N., Sadeghi, H., & Moussavi Harami, S. (2023). A Review of Shallow Water Flows SWF) and Evaluation of this Problem by Seismic data in the South Caspian Basin, Iran. Iranian Journal of Geophysics, (), -.
Saghi, F., Mahboubi, A., Mahmudy Gharaie, M., & Khanehbad, M. (2023). Palaeogeographic and palaeoclimatic reconstruction of the Permian sediments in the Alborz Basin, Iran: Sedimentological and geochemical approaches. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 200 (), 104861-104880.
Ghaemi, F. (2023). Petrology and mineralogy of Middle Jurassic siliciclastic rocks of the Kopet-Dagh rift basin, NE Iran: A comparison with the Binalud intramontane basin. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 150 (4), 106026-106050.
Haddadi, M., Vahidinia, M., Mahmudy Gharaie, M. (2023). Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the upper Turonian-lower Santonian succession in the Lorestan Zone of the Zagros sedimentary Basin, SW Iran. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 200 (), 104889-104901.
Norouzian, A., Vahidinia, M. (2023). Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Farrokhi Formation and determination of the Campanian/Maastrichtian boundary in Central Iran. Stratigraphy, 20 (1), 59-72.
Ershadinia, M., Ghaemi, F., & Homam, S. (2023). Permian to recent tectonic evolution of the Palaeotethys suture zone in NE Iran. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 251 (), 105658-105672.
Homam, S., Guanghui Wu, Robert Moritz, & Hafezi Moghadas, H. (2023). Early Paleozoic mafic intraplate magmatism in the Binaloud zone, NE Iran: Implications for the long-lived mantle plume activity in the northern margin of Gondwana. Lithos, 450-451 (), 107191-191.
Falahatkhah, O., Masoud Serajamani, Ali Kadkhodaie, Tahar Aifa, Shermineh Ebrahimi, Ali Asghar Ciabeghodsi, Seyed Mohammad Zamanzadeh, Ebrahim Sfidari, Vahidinia, M., & Ghaderi, A. (2023). Orbital obliquity evolution during the late Paleozoic ice age across the northeastern gondwana: Implications for regional sea-level change trigger and reservoir quality assessment. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 153 (106312), 106312-14.
Najmi, F., Malekzadeh Shafaroudi, A., Karimpour, M., & Simon R. Poulson (2023). The Bahariyeh iron oxide copper–gold deposit, Khaf-Khashmar-Bardaskan magmatic belt, NE Iran: Constraints from geochemical, fluid inclusions, and O-S isotope studies. Ore Geology Reviews, 159 (8), 105501-25.
Omidpour, A., Hossain Rahimpour-bonab, Moussavi Harami, S., & Mahboubi, A. (2023). Anhydrite fabrics as an indicator for relative sea-level signatures in the sequence stratigraphic framework of a carbonate ramp. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 155 (), 106400-106422.
Paulina S. Natscher, Jana Gliwa, Kennet De Baets, Ghaderi, A., & Dieter Korn (2023). Exceptions to the temperature–size rule: no Lilliput Effect in end‐Permian ostracods (Crustacea) from Aras Valley (northwest Iran). Palaeontology, 66 (4), -.
Fatemeh Sepidbar, Homam, S., Ghaemi, F., Robert J. Stern, Hong Jun, Orhan Karsli, & Gholami, M. (2023). Cadomian tectonic evolution of Iran: records of an unusually hot and broad extensional convergent margin on the northern margin of Gondwana. International Geology Review, 66 (7), 1352-1372.
Noorbakhsh, Z., Hafezi Moghaddas, N., Sadeghi, H., Moussavi Harami, S., Naser Keshavarz Farajkhah, & Saeed Sajedi (2023). Shallow Water Flows (SWF) evaluation by 3D seismic studies in the South Caspian Basin, Iran. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 216 (), 105144-.
Fatemeh Naseri, Hafezi Moghaddas, N., Beiki, M., Khakzadsuchelmaei, H., Mina Godarzi Moghaddam, & Sabbagh Bajestani, M. (2023). Hybrid Fuzzy-Based Modeling of Shear Strength Parameters of Rocks Using Petrographic Properties. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 56 (8), 5457-5485.
Homam, S. (2023). Post-collisional ultrapotassic volcanic rocks and ultramafic xenoliths in the Eslamieh Peninsula, NW Iran: Petrological and geochemical constraints on mantle source and metasomatism. Lithos, 458-459 (), 107359-107359.
Aftabi Arani, A., Ashouri, A., Ghaderi, A. (2023). Biostratigraphy, microfacies and reservoir quality of the Oligocene Qom Formation (Kharzan section, Northwest of Ardestan, Central Iran). Geological quarterely, 67 (3), -.
Ahmadzadeh, J., Lashkaripour, G., Hafezi Moghaddas, N., & Ghafoori, M. (2023). بررسی رفتار خزشی نمونه هایی از سنگ گچ سازند گچساران در شرایط دمای محیط و دمای پوش سنگ. , 6 (1), 52-65.
Shahinfar, M., Hafezi Moghaddas, N., Lashkaripour, G., & Fotovat, A. (2023). Simultaneous removal of four aflatoxins using magnetic nanobentonite as a green and fast sorbent: kinetic, thermodynamic, and isotherm investigation. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30 (51), 110515-110527.
Nikbin, M., Hafezi Moghaddas, N., & Moussavi Harami, S. (2023). The impact of stylolitization on the elastic properties of 1 carbonate reservoirs using laboratory measurements. Petroleum Science, 01029 (22), 1-28.
Hafezi Moghaddas, N., & Khanehbad, M. (2023). Feasibility study of pore-pressure prediction in carbonate rocks. Geophysics, 88 (6), 323-332.
Vahidinia, M. (2023). Extending the stratigraphic range of Nummulites bormidiensis Tellini in the Neo-Tethys (Zagros basin, SE Iran) through biometry and calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy. Micropaleontology, 69 (), 509-526.
Forouzandeh, S., Vahidinia, M., Mahmudy Gharaie, M. (2023). Biostratigraphy of larger foraminifera from the Middle Eocene Jahrum-Pabdeh formations (Zagros region, SW Iran) and their correlation with the planktonic foraminiferal zones. Micropaleontology, 69 (), 481-508.
Karimpour, M. (2023). Eocene non-mineralization to Miocene porphyry copper mineralization-related magmatism in the Urumieh–Dokhtar magmatic arc, Iran. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 255 (12), 107338-107338.
Moussavi Harami, S., Mahmudy Gharaie, M., Mahboubi, A., Khanehbad, M. (2023). A new insight into the evolution of the Qatar Arch to recognize faults and a new gas field. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and ProductionTechnology, 13 (11), 2157-2170.
Afroogh, A., Rahimi, B., Moussavi Harami, S. (2023). Open fracture clustering: Integrating subsurface and outcrop analogues, Asmari Formation, SW Iran. Journal of Structural Geology, 176 (176), 1-26.
Sharifi, J., Vahidinia, M., & Mahmudy Gharaie, M. (2023). New planktonic foraminiferal record across the Aptian–Albian transition in Interior Fars, Zagros Basin, SW Iran: Implication for latest Aptian paleogeography along the southern shallower Neo-Tethys. Geobios, 78 (), 49-62.
Hajian Nezhad, M., & Rahimi, B. (2023). Evaluation of thermal decomposition of calcite in the fault zone a case study of the Astana fault. Geopersia, (), -.
Nikbin, M., Moussavi Harami, S., Hafezi Moghaddas, N., & Ghaemi, F. (2023). The Role of Stylolites and its Pattern Attribute on Porosity and Permeability: Evidence from a Lower Cretaceous Carbonate Oil Reservoir, Abadan Plain, SW Iran. Journal of Petroleum Science and Technology, 13 (1), 2-15.
Malekzadeh Shafaroudi, A., Amini, H., & Karimpour, M. (2023). Geology, mineralization, geochemistry and fluid inclusion studies in Kimia copper mineralization, northwest of Bardeskan, Razavi Khorasan Province. Iranian Journal crystallography and mineralogy, 31 (3), 419-434.
Sharifi, Z., Lashkaripour, G., Khanehbad, M., & Rahimi Shahid, M. (2023). Estimation of uniaxial compressive strength of Esfandiar Formation limestones using multilayer perceptron neural network north of Tabas city, Iran). Geopersia, (), -.
Seyed Ali Akbar Asadi, Habibollah Ghasemi, & Mohsen Mobasheri (2023). A polygenetic origin for the Sikhoran ultramafic-mafic complex in South Iran. Lithos, 456-457 (), 107336-107335.
Tehseen Zafar, Hafiz Ur Rehman, Wasiq Lutfi, Zaheen Ullah, Abiola Oyebamiji, Chengbiao Leng, Muhammad Farhan, & Saif Ur Rehman (2023). Petrogenetic, geochemical, and geochronological constraints on magmatic evolution of the Chilas Complex gabbros, Kohistan arc, NW Himalaya. Geological Journal, 58 (4), 1401-1427.
Karimian Torghabeh, A. (2023). Rock typing and uncertainty assessment in geological and petrophysical properties by integrating electrofacies, hydraulic flow units, and geostatistical techniques in the Kangan gas field, Zagros basin. Acta Geophysica, 72 (4), 2323-2347.
Tajik, V., Hafezi Moghaddas, N., Sadeghi, H. (2023). Earthquake-induced Landslides Hazard Zonation of Sarpol-e Zahab using Entropy Shannon Model. Journal of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, (), -.
Karimian Torghabeh, A. (2023). Thermodynamic and geochemical studies of formation water in Rag-e Sefid oil and gas field, Iran. AIMS Geosciences, 9 (3), 578-594.
Karimian Torghabeh, A. (2023). Characterization of a heterogeneous carbonate reservoir by integrating electrofacies and hydraulic flow units: a case study of Kangan gas field, Zagros basin. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and ProductionTechnology, 13 (2), 645-660.
(2023). Depositional environment and sequence stratigraphy of the Qom Formation (Miocene) from the Ghalibaf section, Central Iran. Boletin de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana, 75 (3), A061023-28.
(2023). Rectification of nomenclatural issues in papers on Paleozoic tabulate corals published in the Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series C, between 2018 and 2022: Part 3, Niko and Badpa (2020, 2021). Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series C, Geology & paleontology, C (49), 87-88.
Recent theses and dissertations
Elhami, A. (2023). Environmental Investigation of Rokh Cupper Mine -North of Torbat-Heydarieh, Khorasan Razavi. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Abbasi, A. (2023). Assessing the severity of the Mashhad-Chenaran aquifer's crisis and its protection strategies. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Hosaini, S. (2023). Facies analysis, depositon and environment and diagenesis of Tirgan Formation at North Radkan-Kepe Dagh sedimentary basin. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Zomrrodi, M. (2023). Paleontological and sedimentation environment studies of Tirgan Formation in Synclinal of Khor and Mozdooran pass Sections with emphasis on study of Benthic Foraminifera.. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Salehimoghadamabkoh, M. (2023). Studying the dilation and slip tendency of fractures in Upper Jurassic limestones (Mazdoran formation), south of Karde Dam, Kepe Dagh Basin, North East of Iran. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Vaeznia, P. (2023). Stratigraphic and paleontological of Aitamir Formation in Kopet Dagh sedimentary basin (north and northeast of Iran) with emphasis on Foraminifera and Ammonites. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Dehghanzadeh, S. (2023). Permability assessment in faults of Mozdoran formation in the south Kardeh dam,north of Mashhad.. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Ahmadi Sangani, M. (2023). Investigating heavy metals in Sangan mine effluent, challenges and solutions. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Parsaei, R. (2023). Analysis the engineering geological characteristics of Chahnimeh construction in Sistan with a special view on the water losses. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Kavianpoursangnou, M. (2023). Study of sedimentary and geochemical indicators to investigate the Holocene climatic changes in the southern coast of Gorgan Bay (NE Iran). , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Balaneshin, M. (2023). Sedimentology, facies analysis and sedimentary environment of the Paleogene siliciclastic rocks in Damanjan section (Binalud region). , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Askarian Kalat, A. (2023). The effect of porosity on the velocity of ultrasonic waves in the sandstones of Shaurije Formation. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Shareipour, O. (2023). Formation study of copper and gold mineral occurrence in Jaft Roud prospect area, south-west of Birjand. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Sheykhei, A. (2023). Important and influential Factors in Mineralization and grade Changes of Manto Copper Deposits, NW of Bardaskan (Case Study: The Nasim and Zarmehr Copper Mines Complex).. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Bahadori, S. (2023). Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Qarabil formation in the Gerdoo Valley (south of Bojnurd) based on conodonts. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Ghadimi, B. (2023). Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Cambrian-Ordovician boundary in the West of Kopet-Dagh based on of conodonts. , (Doctoral dissertation of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Soufimanesh, F. (2023). Petrology of Eocene volcanic rocks South Neishabur with emphasis on Astaish region. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Ahmadi Bonakdar, B. (2023). Biogeochemistry of Fariman travertine sediments with emphasis on microbial bioremediation of arsenic. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Saghi, M. (2023). Mineralization, geochemistry and petrology of Sagh iron oxide copper-silver-gold (IOCG type) prospect area, southeast of Torbat-e Heydarieh. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Moradi, F. (2023). Determining the rate of land subsidence using radar interferometric technique in Mahvelat Plain. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Hashemi, S. (2023). Geological engineering criteria for the selection of reservoir and rock cover for gas storage (case study of Asalouye region). , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Sahraei, M. (2023). Investigating the atmospheric deposition of microplastic particles as an important process in urban soil pollution in Mashhad metropolis. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Sayahi, A. (2023). Study of source rock potential and sedimentology of the Pabdeh Formation in the Shadgan oil field, located in the Dezful Embayment. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Kashki, A. (2023). Feasibility study for the construction of an underground dam in Kashk village in Sabzevar city. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Hashemi, J. (2023). Evaluation of Karstic Groundwater Potential Using Machine Learning Models. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Ahmadi Saadabad, N. (2023). Geochemical and petrogenesis studies of diabase sills in the sanjdak, northeast of Sefid Sang ( Razavi Khorasan, Iran). , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Fadavi , N. (2023). Lithostratigraphy and relative age dating of the Sorkh-Shale Formation, east of central Iran, based on conodonts. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Khadir, R. (2023). Formation and evolution of ore-bearing fluid in Senobar gold mineral occurrence, northwestern Torbat Heydariyeh. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Gholizadeh, F. (2023). Investigating the characteristics of the water intake system in the north of Razavi Khorasan province karsts. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Boskabadi, H. (2023). Biostratigraphy of the Shirgasht Formation second member in the type section based on conodonts. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Barabadi, B. (2023). Investigation of engineering geological properties of Chehel Kaman formation limestones in the east of Kopet-Dagh. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Harati, F. (2023). Evaluation of engineering geological properties of Atamir Formation of Kopet Dagh basin. , (Master's thesis of Geology). Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Contact Information
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Faculty of Science, Geology Department
Phone: +985138806059-4122
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