Morteza Mozafari

Journal Paper

1. "Impact of climate change on long-term distribution of precipitation and temperature in Iran"
   Mostafa Naderi, Ian Harris, Morteza Mozafari, Mohammad Javad Nematollahi
   Results in Engineering, Vol. 30, No 1, 2026
2. "Characterization of karst aquifers of the Hashtgerd Basin (North Iran) using a combination of geological, hydrodynamical, hydrochemical and isotopic investigations"
   محمد حقیری, Morteza Mozafari
   HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL, Vol. 33, No 2, pp.391-410, 2025
3. "Karst leakage analysis of Roudbal Dam, southwestern Iran, using geological, hydrogeological, hydrochemical and stable-isotopic approaches"
   Morteza Mozafari, John Van Brahana, Roya Eskandari, Maryam Pazoki
   Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Vol. 83, No 11, 2024
4. "The role of geological structures on water leakage from karst dam sites in Zagros Region, Iran"
   Morteza Mozafari
   Geopersia, Vol. 12, No 2, pp.395-404, 2022
5. "Effects of climate change and human activity on lake drying in Bakhtegan Basin, southwest Iran"
   Morteza Mozafari, [] [], Elham Fijani, Roya Eskandari, Samar Siahpoush, Fatemeh Ghader
   Sustainable Water Resources Management, Vol. 8, No 4, 2022
6. "Application of geophysical and geological analyses to identify the main karst conduit close to the Sarabegarm spring, west Iran"
   Morteza Mozafari, Mohammad Moradi, Mohammad Javad Bolurchi, Alireza Aliyari, Maryam Sahhadian
   Bulletino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata, Vol. 63, No 1, pp.73-86, 2022
7. "Application of geophysical and hydrogeological analyses to predict water and hydrocarbon entry to the T5 Tunnel, west Iran"
   Mohammad Moradi, Morteza Mozafari, Mohammad Javad Bolurchi, Alireza Aliyari, Nikolay Palshin, Elena Aleksanova
   Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Vol. -, 2022
8. "Quantify karstic aquifer potential recharge zones by integrated hydrogeology and GIS approaches, Northern Iran"
   Rahim Bagheri, Ghamaroddin Mirhasani, Hadi Jafari, Morteza Mozafari
   Geopersia, Vol. 12, No 1, 2022
9. "Prospectivity Modeling of Karstic Groundwater in the southeast of Damavand Mountain, Iran"
   Elham Fijani, Saeid Hayati, Morteza Mozafari
   Geopersia, Vol. 12, No 1, pp.141-151, 2022
10. "Potential leakage paths at the dams constructed on karst terrains in Iran"
    Morteza Mozafari, Ezzatollah Raeisi
    Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Vol. -, 2021
11. "Water leakage problem at the Tangab Dam Reservoir (SW Iran), case study of the complexities of dams on karst"
    Morteza Mozafari, Petar Milanovic, Jalal Jamei
    Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Vol. -, 2021
12. "Hydrogeology and geomorphology of Bisetun Aquifer (NW Iran): interesting example of deep endokarst"
    Morteza Mozafari, Maryam Sahhadian, Yousef Surninia, Rahim Bagheri, Fatemeh Ghader
    CARBONATES AND EVAPORITES, Vol. 35, No 4, pp.1-19, 2020
13. "Overexploitation hazards and salinization risks in crucial declining aquifers, chemo-isotopic approaches"
    Rahim Bagheri, Arash Nosrati, Hadi Jafari, Hans Eggenkampb, Morteza Mozafari
    JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, Vol. 369, pp.150-163, 2019
14. "Contribution of spectral coherency analysis and tracer test to study leakage at the Doosti Dam reservoir, Iran and Turkmenistan"
    Morteza Mozafari, Ezzat Raeisi, Jesus Guerrero
    Environmental Earth Sciences, Vol. 77, No 4, 2018
15. "Leakage paths at the Lar Dam site, northern Iran"
    Morteza Mozafari, Ezzatollah Raeisi
    Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Vol. 50, No 4, pp.444-453, 2017
16. "The application of GPR and ERI in combination with exposure logging and retrodeformation analysis to characterize sinkholes and reconstruct their impact on fluvial sedimentation"
    Mario Zarroca, Xavier Comas, Francisco Gutierrez, Domingo Carbonel, Rogelio Linares, Carles Roque, Morteza Mozafari, Jesus Guerrero, Xavier Pellicer
    EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS, Vol. 42, No 7, pp.1049-1064, 2016
17. "Salman Farsi Dam reservoir, a successful project on a karstified foundation, SW Iran"
    Morteza Mozafari, Ezzatollah Raeisi
    Environmental Earth Sciences, Vol. 75, No 12, 2016
18. "Understanding karst leakage at the Kowsar dam, Iran, by hydrogeological analysis"
    Morteza Mozafari, Ezzatollah Raeisi
    ENVIRONMENTAL & ENGINEERING GEOSCIENCE, Vol. 21, No 4, 2015
19. "Leakage problems in dams built on evaporites. The case of La Loteta Dam (NE Spain), a reservoir in a large karstic depression generated by interstratal salt dissolution"
    Francisco Gutierrez, Morteza Mozafari, Domingo Carbonel, Rene Gomez, Ezzatollah Raeisi
    ENGINEERING GEOLOGY, Vol. 185, No 185, pp.139-154, 2015
20. "Salt-dissolution faults versus tectonic faults from the case study of salt collapse in Spanish Valley, SE Utah (USA)"
    Jesus Guerrero, Ronald Bruhn, James Mccalpin, Francisco Gutierrez, Grant Willis, Morteza Mozafari
    Lithosphere, Vol. 7, No 1, pp.46-58, 2015
21. "Water leakage paths in the Doosti Dam, Turkmenistan and Iran"
    Morteza Mozafari, Ezzatollah Raeisi, Mohammad Zare
    Environmental Earth Sciences, Vol. 65, No 1, pp.103-117, 2011
22. "Groundwater sustainability assessment in the Kermanshah aquifer based on indicators and analytic hierarchy process (AHP)"
    Faezeh Samadpoor, Morteza Mozafari, Majid Dashti Barmaki, Parisa Sharifi
    Journal of Engineering Geology, Vol. 19, No 4, pp.588-601, 2025
23. "Hydrochemical characterization and health risk assessment of groundwater contamination in birjand plain, eastern iran"
    حانیه یعقوبی, Reza Jahanshahi, Morteza Mozafari
    Journal of Engineering Geology, Vol. 19, No 3, pp.377-348, 2025
24. "Investigation of the performance of grout curtain at the Rudbal Dam site (Fars Province)"
    Morteza Mozafari
    Kharazmi Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 11, No 2, pp.395-410, 2025
25. "Hydrochemical investigation and influencing processes on aquifer quality in the Shiraz refinery Area"
    Amirhossein Khodadadian, Morteza Mozafari, حمیدرضا حیدری, نعیمه مکارم
    New findings in applied geology, Vol. 18, No 36, pp.306-322, 2024
26. "Hydrochemical Study of Surface and Groundwater Resources of Lanjanat Plain"
    نعیمه مکارم, Morteza Mozafari
    Water and Soil Science, Vol. 34, No 2, 2024
27. "Evaluation of Potential and the Amounts of Groundwater Recharge in the Garmsar Plain Aquifer Using Water Table Fluctuations and Piscopo Methods"
    Elham Fijani, سحر میثمی, Morteza Mozafari
    Ferdowsi university civil engineering, Vol. 36, No 1, pp.1-18, 2023
28. "Assessing the role of meteorological and hydrological droughts on the drying up of the Bakhtegan and Tashk lakes"
    Morteza Mozafari, Zeinab Hosseini, Elham Fijani
    Natural Environmental Hazards, Vol. 11, No 34, pp.79-100, 2022
29. "Estimation of hydraulic conductivity of Asaluyeh Aquifer using empirical equations based on particle size distribution"
    [] [], Morteza Mozafari, Elham Fijani, Roya Eskandari
    Ferdowsi university civil engineering, Vol. 2, No 35, pp.63-74, 2022
30. "Relation between the grout take, rock quality and permeability of radiolarite and limestone at the Roudbal Dam Site (SW Iran)"
    Maryam Pazoki, Morteza Mozafari, Elham Fijani, Abdollah Sohrabi Bidar
    Hydrogeology, Vol. 1, No 7, pp.81-90, 2022
31. "Application of Geostatistics in identifying zones with high water leakage potential at Tangab Dam Site"
    Reza Dehshibi, Reza Jahanshahi, Morteza Mozafari, امین عصاری
    Ferdowsi university civil engineering, Vol. 34, No 4, pp.15-30, 2022
32. "Impact of Land Use Changes and Expanding of Irrigation on Drying up of the Bakhtegan and Tashk Lakes"
    [] [], Morteza Mozafari, Elham Fijani
    Civil Infrastructure Researches, Vol. 7, No 1, pp.53-65, 2021
33. "Assessment of Groutability and Cement Take in Khersan II Dam Site"
    Abdollah Sohrabi Bidar, Morteza Mozafari, [] [], Ahmad Rastegarnia
    Civil Infrastructure Researches, Vol. 6, No 2, pp.1-12, 2020
34. "Investigating the Factors Affecting Groundwater Level Decline in Kouhdasht Aquifer, Lorestan Province"
    Elham Fijani, Saba Alikhani Joudaki, Morteza Mozafari
    Civil Infrastructure Researches, Vol. 6, No 2, pp.95-105, 2020
35. "Investigation of leakage problem at the Shah-Ghasem Dam by hydrogeological analysis"
    Morteza Mozafari
    Hydrogeology, Vol. 4, No 2, pp.145-156, 2019
36. "Qualitative degradation and hydrological regime Changing of the Geysoor critical aquifer, Khorasan Razavi"
    Marzieh Kabi, Rahim Bagheri, Mehdi Jafarzadeh, Morteza Mozafari
    Journal of Iranian Quaternary quarterly, Vol. 3, No 4, 2018

Conference Paper

1. "The impact of climate change on the discharge of Cheshmeh Ali Spring, Shahr-e-Ray"
   Parisa Sharifi, Morteza Mozafari, Akbar Cheshomi
   Iran Conference on Ecohydrology Engineering, 2025
2. "Potential and Challenges of Lithium Extraction from Brines in Iran"
   نعیمه مکارم, Morteza Mozafari, Mohammad Kazem Ghasemi Talavari
   Iran Conference on Ecohydrology Engineering, 2025
3. "Sustainability evaluation of Islamabad Aquifer using indicators and multi-criteria decision-making approach"
   Mehran Kasnazani, Morteza Mozafari, Kamal Taheri
   Iran Conference on Ecohydrology Engineering, 2025
4. "Assessment of quality indexes and contaminant in water resources of Lenjan Plain"
   نعیمه مکارم, Morteza Mozafari
   The First National Hydrogeology Conference of Iran, 2025
5. "The role of karst infiltration coefficient in determining effective factors on drying of Cheshmeh Ali Spring, Shahr-e-Ray"
   Parisa Sharifi, Morteza Mozafari, Akbar Cheshomi
   The First National Hydrogeology Conference of Iran, 2025
6. "Hydrogeological characteristics and rates of travertine deposition at Shurab Spring in Savadkoh Area"
   [] [], Morteza Mozafari, Mohsen Ranjbaran, Amirhossein Khodadadian
   The First National Hydrogeology Conference of Iran, 2025
7. "Determination of hydraulic conductivity and transmissivity of Hashtgerd plain aquifer based on particle size distribution and empirical equations"
   ساسان حبیبی, Elham Fijani, Morteza Mozafari, محمد حقیری
   The 41th National Geosciences Congress, 2023
8. "Evaluation of karst development based on hydrodynamic characteristics of karst springs (Case Study: Hashtgerd, Alborz province)"
   Mohammad Haghiri, Morteza Mozafari, Sasan Habibi
   The 25th Symposium of Geological Society of Iran, 2023
9. "The effect of climate change and dam construction on the drying up of Kor and Sivand rivers"
   Morteza Mozafari, Zeinab Hosseini
   5th national conference on climate change and its impacts on agriculture and the environment, 2022
10. "The impact of climate change on the groundwater reduction in the Bakhtegan Basin"
    Morteza Mozafari, Zeinab Hosseini
    5th national conference on climate change and its impacts on agriculture and the environment, 2022
11. "Determining the leakage paths at the Tangab Dam based on the geological and hydrogeological settings"
    Morteza Mozafari
    The 16th National Conference on Urban Planning, Architecture, Civil Engineering and Environment, 2022
12. "Determining the water leakage paths at the Roudbal Dam site using the hydrogeological analysis"
    Morteza Mozafari, Maryam Pazoki, Elham Fijani
    The 40th National Geosciences Congress, 2022
13. "Evaluation of groundwater quality in Garmsar plain for agricultural purposes"
    Elham Fijani, سحر میثمی, Morteza Mozafari
    The 40th National Geosciences Congress, 2022
14. "Investigation of groundwater chemical quality of Kuhdasht aquifer in Lorestan province"
    Elham Fijani, Saba Alikhani Joudaki, Morteza Mozafari
    The 40th National Geosciences Congress, 2022
15. "The effect of construction of Doroudzan, Mulla-Sadra and Sivand dams on the drying of Bakhtegan and Tashk lakes"
    Morteza Mozafari, [] [], Elham Fijani
    The 40th National Geosciences Congress, 2022
16. "Groundwater quality assessment for drinking, agricultural and industrial uses (Case study: Eastern part of Tehran aquifer)"
    Ali Ahmadpour, Elham Fijani, Morteza Mozafari
    Fourth International Conference on Development of Materials Engineering Technology, Mining and Geology, 2021
17. "Assessment of water resources potential in karst and fractured rocks, case study: Rudbar Alam, Qazvin province"
    Saeid Hayati, Elham Fijani, Morteza Mozafari
    Fourth International Conference on Development of Materials Engineering Technology, Mining and Geology, 2021
18. "The role of tectonic in formation of the deepest karst features of Iran, Bisteun Mountains."
    Morteza Mozafari
    The 7th National Conference on Tectonic and Structural Geology of Iran 2019, 2019
19. "The importance of the transboundary aquifers in national defense program"
    Morteza Mozafari, Mohammad Javad Bolurchi, Mohammad Moradi
    he National Conference on the Defense Architecture of the Islamic Republic on the horizons of 1404, 2019
20. "The role of paleokarst in leakage from the Lar Dam reservoir"
    Morteza Mozafari, Ezzatollah Raeisi
    The 28th Symposium of Geological Society of Iran, 2016
21. "The application of GPR and ERI in combination with exposure logging and retrodeformation analysis to characterize sinkholes and reconstruct their impact on fluvial sedimentation, Valle Del Gallego, Spain."
    Mario Zarroca, Domingo Carbonel, Xavier Comas, Francisco Gutierrez, Jesus Guerrero, Linares Rogelio, Carles Roque, Morteza Mozafari, Xavier Pellicer
    14th National Quaternary Symposium, Granada 2015, 2015
22. "• Evaluation of groundwater flow direction and velocity in the Doosti Dam, using a dye tracer"
    Morteza Mozafari, Ezzatollah Raeisi, Mohammad Zare, Zargham Mohammadi, Farahtaj Bahadori
    The 26th Symposium of Geological Survey of Iran, 2008