Formation of Angerh Minue Cave in Asmari Karst Complex of Zagros Mountain, Iran

摘要

The Angerh Minue Cave, located in one km from west Angerh village which isabout 97 km far from Shiraz of Fars Province, the Cultural Capital of Iran. Themain entrance of the cave is at an altitude of 2430 having a depth of 176 m andlength 776 m. It developed along the bedding of limestone layers. AsmariFormation is the host rock of the Angerh Minue cave. Mountainous region ofZagros, where the Angerh Minue cave is located could be referred as seismicregion due to the presence of various basement faults, some of which are stillactive. In the present study, the geological process behind the formation ofAngerh Minue Cave has been tried toanalyze.