Mohammad Foroutan

Assistant Professor

Update: 2024-12-04

Mohammad Foroutan

College of Science / Faculty of Geology

Journal Paper

  1. "Geometry and mechanics of the active fault system in western Slovenia"
    Blaz Vicic, Abdelkrim Aoudia, Farhan Javed, Mohammad Foroutan, Giovanni Costa
    GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL, Vol. 217, No 3, pp.1755-1766, 2019
  2. "Active-couple indentation in geodynamics of NNW Iran: Evidence from synchronous left- and right-lateral co-linear seismogenic faults in western Alborz and Iranian Azerbaijan domains"
    Shahryar Solaymani Azad, Majid Nemati, Mohammad-reza Abbassi, Mohammad Foroutan, Khaled Hessami, Stephane Dominguez, Mohamad-javad Bolourchi, Majid Shahpasandzadeh
    TECTONOPHYSICS, Vol. 754, No 754, pp.1-17, 2019
  3. "Tectonic evolution of the La González pull-apart basin in the Mérida Andes: combination of geological data and satellite radar interferometry (InSAR)"
    Hamid Reza Javadi, Maryam Dehghani, Mohammad Foroutan, Amir Naeimi, Mahasa Roustaei, Abdollah Saidi, Josef Angel Urbina
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, Vol. 105, No 5, pp.1603-1620, 2015
  4. "Paleoseismological and morphological evidence of slip rate variations along the North Tabriz fault (NW Iran)"
    Shahryar Solaymani Azad, Herve Philip, Stephane Dominguez, Khaled Hessami, Majid Shahpasandzadeh, Mohammad Foroutan, Hadi Tabassi, Michel Lamothe
    TECTONOPHYSICS, Vol. 640-641, pp.20-38, 2015
  5. "Late Pleistocene-Holocene right slip rate and paleoseismology of the Nayband fault, western margin of the Lut block, Iran"
    Mohammad Foroutan, Bertrand Meyer, Michel Sebrier, Hamid Nazari, Andrew S. Murray, Kristell Le Dortz, Mohammad Ali Shokri, Maurice Arnold, Georges Aumaitre, Didier Bourles, Karim Keddadouche, Shahryar Solaymani Azad, Mohammad Javad Bolourchi
    JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, Vol. 119, No 4, pp.3517-3560, 2014
  6. "Interpreting scattered in-situ produced cosmogenic nuclide depth-profile data"
    Kristell Le Dortz, Bertrand Meyer, Michel Sebrier, Regis Braucher, Didier Bourles, Lucilla Benedetti, Hamid Nazari, Mohammad Foroutan
    Quaternary Geochronology, Vol. 11, No 11, pp.98-115, 2012
  7. "Dating inset terraces and offset fans along the Dehshir Fault (Iran) combining cosmogenic and OSL methods"
    K Le Dortz , B Meyer , M Sébrier , R Braucher , H Nazari , L Benedetti , Morteza Fatahi, D Bourì , Mohammad Foroutan, L Siame , A Rashidi , M D Bateman
    GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL, Vol. 185, No 2, pp.1147-1174, 2011
  8. "Tectonics changes in NW South American Plate and their effect on the movement pattern of the Boconó Fault System during the Mérida Andes evolution"
    Hamid Reza Javadi, Mohammad Foroutan, Marzieh Esterabiashtiani, Jose Angel Urbina, Abdollah Saidi, Mohammad Faridi
    JOURNAL OF SOUTH AMERICAN EARTH SCIENCES, Vol. 32, No 1, pp.14-29, 2011
  9. "The Zandjan fault system: Morphological and tectonic evidences of a new active fault network in the NW of Iran"
    Shahryar Solaymani Azad, Stephane Dominguez, Herve Philip, Khaled Hessami, Mohammad Foroutan, Majid Shahpasandzadeh, Jean-francois Ritz
    TECTONOPHYSICS, Vol. 506, pp.73-85, 2011
  10. "Refining the OSL age of the last earthquake on the Dheshir fault, Central Iran"
    Morteza Fatahi, Hamid Nazari , M D Bateman , B Meyer , M Sébrier , M Talebian , K Le Dortz , Mohammad Foroutan, F Ahmadi Givi , M Ghorashi
    Quaternary Geochronology, Vol. 5, No 2, pp.286-292, 2010
  11. "First evidence for large earthquakes on the Deshir Fault, Central Iran Plateau"
    Hamid Nazari , Morteza Fatahi, B Meyer , M Sébrier , M Talebian , Mohammad Foroutan, K Le Dortz , M D Bateman , M Ghorashi
    TERRA NOVA, Vol. 21, No 6, pp.417-426, 2009
  12. "Holocene right - slip rate determined by cosmogenic and OSL dating on the Anar fault, Central Iran"
    K Le Dortz , B Meyer , M Sébrier , H Nazari , R Braucher , Morteza Fatahi, L Benedetti , Mohammad Foroutan, L Siame , D Bourlès , M Talebian , M D Bateman , M Ghoraishi
    GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL, Vol. 179, No 2, pp.700-710, 2009
  13. "The Qumis Earthquake of 856 CE:A Review of Paleoseismological Studies of the Astaneh Fault System, Central Alborz"
    Hamid Nazari, ژان فرانسوا ریتز, مگالی ریزا, رضا سلامتی, شنون ماهان, محمد علی شکری, ژان لوک میشلت, میشل مسولت, Mohammad Foroutan, شیرین زارعی
    Journal of Archaeological Studies, Vol. 16, No 1, pp.299-328, 2024
  14. "Geological and seismic study of the August 27, 2010 Touchahi earthquake MN=5.9 (south of Damghan city)"
    Mohammad Ali Shokri, Mohammad Foroutan, Majid Nemati, Mohammad Javad Bolourchi, Shahryar Javadipour, Behnam Oveisi
    Geosciences Scientific Quarterly Journal, Vol. بهار 94, No 95, pp.281-292, 2015
  15. "Late Pliestocene-Holocene Paleoseismicity, Temporal Clustering, Probabilities of Future Large (M>7) Earthquake on the Dehshir Fault, Central Iran"
    Mohammad Foroutan, Hamid Nazari, Bertrand Meyer, Michel Sebrier, Morteza Fatahi, Kristell Le Dortz, Manouchehr Ghorashi, Khaled Hessami, Mohammad Reza Ghassemi, Morteza Talebian
    Geosciences Scientific Quarterly Journal, Vol. زمستان 92, No 90, pp.75-90, 2014
  16. "Determination of clustering pattern of paleoearthquakes occurrences on the Golbaf fault, SE Kerman"
    Mojtaba Basiri, Hamid Nazari, Mohammad Foroutan, Shahryar Solaymani Azad, Mohammad Ali Shokri, Morteza Talebian, Manouchehr Ghorashi, Behnam Oveisi, Mohammad Javad Bolourchi, Ali Rashidi
    Geosciences Scientific Quarterly Journal, Vol. بهار 92, No 87, pp.171-180, 2013
  17. "Morphology and seismology of Mw=5.8, 2010 July 20 Koodian, Southeast Zagros"
    Majid Nemati, Behnam Oveisi, Mohammad Foroutan, Mohammad Javad Bolourchi
    Geosciences Scientific Quarterly Journal, Vol. پاییز 91, No 85, pp.83-90, 2012
  18. "Late Pleistocene-Holocene right-slip rate of the Dehshir fault, Central Iran plateau"
    Mohammad Foroutan, Hamid Nazari, Bertrand Meyer, Michel Sebrier, Morteza Fatahi, Kristell Le Dortz, Manouchehr Ghorashi, Khaled Hessami, Mohammad Reza Ghassemi, Morteza Talebian
    Geosciences Scientific Quarterly Journal, Vol. زمستان 90, No 82, pp.195-206, 2012

Conference Paper

  1. "Irregular recurrence of surface-faulting paleoearthquakes along the Gowk fault, southeast Iran"
    Mohammad Foroutan, Bertrand Meyer, Michel Sebrier, Andrew Murray, Mohammad Ali Shokri, Shahryar Solaymani Azad, Hamid Nazari, Faezeh Azhandeh, Ailar Sajedifar, Mojtaba Bassiri
    European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2023, 2023
  2. "Surface-rupturing paleoearthquakes in a context of slow deforming continental interiors: the Lower Tagus Valley fault, Central Portugal"
    Mohammad Foroutan, Susana Vilanova, Sandra Heleno, Andrew Murray, Luis Pinto, Ailar Sajedifar, Ana Falcao, Mohadesseh Torkamani, Carolina Canora, Pedro Pina, Goncalo Vieira, Joao Fonseca
    European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2022, 2022
  3. "GEOLOGY WITHOUT BORDERS - 90° Congresso della Società Geologica Italiana"
    Abdelkarim AOUDIA, Laetitia Foundotos, Hua Wang, Blaz Vicic, Mohammad Foroutan
    GEOLOGY WITHOUT BORDERS-90th Congress of the Italian Geological Society, 2021
  4. "Paleoseismic behavior of slow-slipping intracontinental strike-slip faults"
    Mohammad Foroutan
    2nd International TRIGGER Conference, 2018
  5. "The SEICHE Project: intraplate seismic source characterization for hazard assessment"
    Joao Fonseca, Susana Vilanova, Carolina Catalan, Ana Domingues, Susana Custodio, Mohammad Foroutan
    35th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission, 2016
  6. "New evidence for large earthquakes in mainland Portugal: paleoseismology of the Lower Tagus Valley fault"
    Mohammad Foroutan, Susana Vilanova, Sandra Heleno, Luis Pinto, Ailar Sajedi Far, Ana Falcao-flor, Carolina Canora, Pedro Pina, Goncalo Vieira, Joao Fonseca
    35th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission, 2016
  7. "Persia as a paradise for paleoseismological studies, Example: Paleoseismologic and geodynamic issues, NW Iran"
    Shahryar Solaymani Azad, Khaled Hessami, Herve Philip, Jean Francois Ritz, Stephane Dominguez, Mohammad Reza Abbassi, Mohammad Foroutan, Esmaeil Shabanian
    5th International INQUA Meeting on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics and Archeoseismology (PATA), 2014
  8. "Paleoseismic versus paleoclimatic records on the Iranian plateau"
    Michel Sebrier, Mohammad Foroutan, Bertrand Meyer, Hamid Nazari, Andrew Murray, Kristell Le Dortz, Mohammad Ali Shokri, Maurice Arnold, Georges Aumaitre, Didier Bourles, Karim Keddadouche, Shahryar Solaymani Azad, Mohammad Javad Bolourchi
    Interdisciplinary meeting on climate change and seismic hazards during the Holocene in the Mediterranean, 2014
  9. "Paleoseismic evidence for large earthquakes along the Nayband fault"
    Mohammad Foroutan, Bertrand Meyer, Michel Sebrier, Hamid Nazari, Andrew Murray, Kristell Le Dortz, Mohammad Ali Shokri, Maurice Arnold, Georges Aumaitre, Didier Bourles, Karim Keddadouche, Shahryar Solaymani Azad, Mohammad Javad Bolourchi
    32nd National and the 1st International Geosciences Congress, 2014
  10. "Prehistoric large earthquakes produced by slip on the Central Iran strike-slip faults"
    Mohammad Foroutan, Kristell Le Dortz, Bertrand Meyer, Michel Sebrier, Hamid Nazari, Morteza Fatahi, Ali Rashidi, Mark Bateman, Regis Braucher, Didier Bourles, Lucilla Benedetti, Lionel Siame, Morteza Talebian, Manouchehr Ghorashi
    8th International Conference on Geomorphology, 2013
  11. "Slip rate and past earthquakes along the Astaneh fault (Iran)"
    Magali Rizza, Jean Francois Ritz, Hamid Nazari, James Hollingsworth, Shannon Mahan, Reza Salamati, Marc Massault, Mohammad Foroutan
    American Geophysical Union, 2011
  12. "Unravelling the seismic behaviour of slow-slipping faults"
    Kristell Le Dortz, Bertrand Meyer, Michel Sebrier, Hamid Nazari, Regis Braucher, Morteza Fatahi, Lucilla Benedetti, Mohammad Foroutan, Lionel Siame, Didier Bourles, Morteza Talebian, Mark Bateman, Manouchehr Ghorashi
    European Geosciences Union, 2009
  13. "PRELIMINARY ESTIMATION OF THE RIGHT-SLIP RATE AND SEISMIC POTENTIAL OF THE KAHURAK FAULT, SE OF THE LUT BLOCK"
    عباس اردشیری, Mohammad Foroutan
    9th International Conference on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, 2024
  14. "PALEOEARTHQUAKES ALONG THE LOW SLIP RATE INTRACONTINENTAL FAULTS: A SPECIAL LOOK ON CENTRAL PORTUGAL"
    محدثه ترکمنی, Mohammad Foroutan
    9th International Conference on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, 2024
  15. "Estimating Late Pleistocene and Holocene slip rate of the Lower Tagus Valley fault, Central Portugal"
    Mohammad Foroutan, Mohadeseh Torkamani
    The 42st National Geosciences Congress, 2024
  16. "Detection of subsurface heterogeneities around Milad Tower in Tehran by the microseismic sounding method"
    آریا ابوعلی, Habib Rahimi, Mohammad Foroutan, احمد زارعان
    5th Petroleum Geophysical Exploration Conference, 2021
  17. "Subsurface imaging of the Pardisan fault zone (central Tehran) using ambient vibration HVSR technique"
    آریا ابوعلی, Habib Rahimi, Mohammad Foroutan, احمد زارعان
    19th Iranian Geophysical Conference, 2020
  18. "Large earthquakes in regions of present-day low seismic activity: the examples of Central Europe and Central Iran"
    Mohammad Foroutan
    The 6th national conference on Tectonics and structural geology of Iran, 2019