IS THE TEMPORAL PATTERN OF SEISMICITY IN THE ALBORZ MOUNTAINS, INFLUENCED BY SEASONAL PATTERN OF PRECIPITATION?
REZAEIAN, Mahnaz1, ABBASI, Madjid2, GHODS, Abdolreza1, and SOBOUTI, Farhad1, (1) Earth Sciences Department, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Zanjan, 45195-1159, Iran, m.rezaeian@iasbs.ac.ir, (2) Faculty of Engineering, Zanjan University, P.O.Box: 313, Zanjan, 45371-38111, Iran The Alborz Mountains, a major northern topographic highland of Iran, is a significant climatic frontier between the coastal plains of the humid Caspian lowlands and arid- semiarid Central Iranian Plateau. It produces an intense climate variety with a wide range of precipitation rate. The southern slope demonstrates a highly seasonal pattern in precipitation. The west Caspian lowlands with the greatest amount of precipitation are the wettest part of the Alborz, while the least precipitation occurs in the SE slops where access by the moist air masses appears to be severely restricted.
