Salt Lake of Salt Dame of Qum - Iran

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Description:

The Qom salt dome is located at 25km NW of Qom city and in the N of the main Saveh- Qom road. Its structural position is in the western of Alborz anticlinal system of the Qom Alborz range and approximately which is of Mio-Pliocene age. It has a regular gentle morphological shape. It covers an area about 6.5km2with a height of 285m above the adjacent plain and 456km3 volumes at the surface.

Credit:

Saeed Jabbari Boukani , Tehran - Iran

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When:

Submitted on January 10, 2010

Sections:

Geodynamics, Seismology, Tectonics, Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Paleontology (158 images)

Camera:

Canon

Model:

S3IS

Comments:

This photo is also a very nice example of a so-called mirror image produced by still waters. Altough called mirror image, it is not a perfect mirror image. One reason for this is that the reflectivity of water is 100% only at 90 degt angle of incidence, hence the highest features in the image appear darker in the mirrore image.

Posted by Konstantinos Kourtidis on February 18, 2010 12:56

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