high resolution 3d velocity model for the makran subduction zone

Makran subduction zone is formed by subduction of the arabian oceanic plate under the southern coasts of iran and pakistan. it is one of the world's least well documented subduction zones while it contains exceptional geological structures, such as a big accretionary prism, fore-arc depressions (i.e., jaz-murian and hamun mashkel) and a sparsevolcanic arc. there are a lot of open questions for the makran like different seismicity between eastern and western makran, radically low angle dip for the slab, lack of a trench and potential seismic hazard caused by the subduction megathrust faults. these encouraged our department to install a dense seismic array in the region and carry out different seismic analysis. here, we report the result of a teleseismic surface wave tomography.