Diapir as the main point of salty pollution in Kakan subwatershed, Central Zagros Mountains, IRAN

In arid and semi-arid areas, salinization and saline-surface crusts are the main sources of pollution of water and soil (Goldstein et al. 2017; Goudie 2013). Diapir (Salt Dome) can be considered as the source of water and soil salinization. In Iranian rivers, one of the most important reasons of decreasing the water quality is the existence of single, separate and sometimes continuous diapirs along the rivers. Even small diapir can has a great influence on the destruction of water and soil resources. In southern Iran, there are several rivers that quality of its water has been decreased because of passing besides the diapirs (e.g. Mond, Kol and Dalaki Rivers) (Zarei et al. 2014a). This research studied the destructive effects of a small and important diapir on water and soil in the Kakan sub watershed, Central Zagros Mountains, Iran.