Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles

50. Aminjafari, S., Nilfouroushan, F., Carlvik, F., Darvishi, M., & Eriksson, L. E. B. (2026). Comparison of European Ground Motion Service measurements with combined PS and DS phase-linking InSAR along key Swedish transport corridors. Earth and Space Science. Submitted.

49. Jouybari, A., Bagherbandi, M., & Nilfouroushan, F. (2024). Lever arm measurement precision and its impact on exterior orientation parameters in GNSS/IMU integration. Journal of Geodetic Science. https://doi.org/10.1515/jogs-2022-0179. Open access.

48. Shami, S., Shahriari, M. A., Nilfouroushan, F., Forghani, N., Salimi, M., & Reshadi, M. A. M. (2024). Surface displacement measurement and modeling of the Shah-Gheyb Salt Dome in southern Iran using InSAR and machine learning techniques. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2024.104016. Open access.

47. Jouybari, A., Bagherbandi, M., & Nilfouroushan, F. (2023). Numerical analysis of GNSS signal outage effect on EOPs solutions using tightly coupled GNSS/IMU integration: A simulated case study in Sweden. Sensors, 23(14), 6361. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23146361. Open access.

46. Khoshlahjeh Azar, M., Shami, S., Nilfouroushan, F., Salimi, M., Ghayoor Bolorfroshan, M., & Reshadi, M. A. M. (2022). Integrated analysis of Hashtgerd Plain deformation using Sentinel-1 SAR, geological and hydrological data. Scientific Reports, 12, 21522. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25659-4. Open access.

44. Bagherbandi, M., Jouybari, A., Nilfouroushan, F., & Ågren, J. (2022). Deflection of vertical effect on direct georeferencing in aerial photogrammetry: A case study in Sweden. The Photogrammetric Record. https://doi.org/10.1111/phor.12421. Open access.

43. Gruber, T., Ågren, J., Angermann, D., Ellmann, A., Engfeldt, A., Gisinger, C., Jaworski, L., Marila, S., Nastula, J., Nilfouroushan, F., Oikonomidou, X., Poutanen, M., Saari, T., Schlaak, M., Światek, A., Sander, V., & Zdunek, R. (2022). Geodetic SAR for height system unification and sea level research: Results in the Baltic Sea test network. Remote Sensing, 14(14), 3250. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/14/3250. Open access.

42. Shami, S., Khoshlahjeh Azar, M., Nilfouroushan, F., Salimi, M., & Reshadi, M. A. M. (2022). Assessments of ground subsidence along the railway in the Kashan Plain, Iran, using Sentinel-1 data and NSBAS algorithm. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2022.102898. Open access.

41. Jouybari, A., Bagherbandi, M., & Nilfouroushan, F. (2022). Impact of GNSS signal outage on EOPs using forward Kalman filter and smoothing algorithm. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLIII-B2-2022, 59–64. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B2-2022-59-2022.

40. Bagherbandi, M., Jouybari, A., Nilfouroushan, F., & Ågren, J. (2022). Importance of precise gravity field modeling in direct georeferencing and aerial photogrammetry: A case study for Sweden. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLIII-B2-2022, 15–22. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B2-2022-15-2022.

39. Mehrabi, A., Derakhshani, R., Nilfouroushan, F., Rahnamarad, J., & Azarafza, M. (2022). Spatiotemporal subsidence over Pabdana coal mine, Kerman Province, central Iran, using time-series Sentinel-1 remote sensing imagery. Episodes, Journal of International Geoscience. https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2022/022009. Open access.

38. Kaviani, A., Mahmoodabadi, M., Rümpker, G., Pilia, S., Tatar, M., Nilfouroushan, F., Yamini-Fard, F., Moradi, A., & Ali, M. Y. (2021). Mantle-flow diversion beneath the Iranian Plateau induced by the Zagros lithospheric keel. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81541-9. Open access.

37. Jouybari, A., Bagherbandi, M., & Nilfouroushan, F. (2021). Comparison of strip- and block-wise aerial triangulation using different exterior orientation parameter weights. Journal of Spatial Science. https://doi.org/10.1080/14498596.2020.1871086. Open access.

36. Gruber, T., Ågren, J., Angermann, D., Ellmann, A., Engfeldt, A., Gisinger, C., Jaworski, L., Marila, S., Nastula, J., Nilfouroushan, F., Oikonomidou, X., Poutanen, M., Saari, T., Schlaak, M., Światek, A., Sander, V., & Zdunek, R. (2020). Geodetic SAR for height system unification and sea level research: Observation concept and preliminary results in the Baltic Sea. Remote Sensing, 12(22), 3747. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12223747. Open access.

35. Gido, N., Bagherbandi, M., & Nilfouroushan, F. (2020). Localized subsidence zones in Gävle City detected by Sentinel-1 PSI and leveling data. Remote Sensing, 12(16), 2629. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12162629. Open access.

34. Edey, A., Allen, M. B., & Nilfouroushan, F. (2020). Kinematic variation within the Fars Arc, eastern Zagros, and the development of fold-and-thrust belt curvature. Tectonics. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019TC005941. Open access.

33. Rashidi, R., Abbassi, M. R., Nilfouroushan, F., Derakhshani, R., Shafiei Bafti, S., & Nemati, M. (2020). Morphotectonic and earthquake data analysis of interactional faults in the Sabzevaran area, SE Iran. Journal of Structural Geology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2020.104147.

32. Gido, N., Amin, H., Bagherbandi, M., & Nilfouroushan, F. (2020). Satellite monitoring of mass changes and ground subsidence in Sudan’s oil fields using GRACE and Sentinel-1 data. Remote Sensing, 12, 1792. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/11/1792. Open access.

31. Darvishi, M., Cuozzo, G., Bruzzone, L., & Nilfouroushan, F. (2020). Performance evaluation of phase- and weather-based models in atmospheric correction with Sentinel-1 data: Corvara landslide in the Alps. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2020.2969726. Open access.

30. Fryksten, J., & Nilfouroushan, F. (2019). Analysis of clay-induced land subsidence in Uppsala City using Sentinel-1 SAR data and precise leveling. Remote Sensing, 11(23), 2764. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11232764. Open access.

29. Rashidi, A., Khatib, M., Nilfouroushan, F., Derakhshani, R., Mousavi, M., Kiyani Mehr, H., & Djamour, Y. (2019). Strain rate and stress fields in the West and South Lut Block, Iran: Insights from the inversion of focal mechanism and geodetic data. Tectonophysics, 766, 94–114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2019.05.020.

28. Khorrami, F., Vernant, P., Masson, F., Nilfouroushan, F., Mousavi, Z., Nankali, H., Saadat, S. A., Walpersdorf, A., Hosseini, S., Tavakoli, P., Aghamohammadi, A., & Alijanzade, M. (2019). An up-to-date crustal deformation map of Iran using integrated campaign-mode and permanent GPS velocities. Geophysical Journal International, 217, 832–843. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggz045.

27. Yazdanfar, C., Nemati, M., Agh Ataby, M., Roustai, M., & Nilfouroushan, F. (2018). Stress transfer, aftershock distribution and InSAR analysis of the 2005 Dahuieh earthquake, SE Iran. Journal of African Earth Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2018.06.022.

26. Carrillo, E., Koyi, H., & Nilfouroushan, F. (2017). Structural significance of an evaporite formation with lateral stratigraphic heterogeneities, southeastern Pyrenean Basin, NE Spain. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 86, 1310–1326.

25. Shahpasand-zadeh, M., Koyi, H., & Nilfouroushan, F. (2017). The significance of switch in convergence direction in the Alborz Mountains, northern Iran: Insights from scaled analogue modelling. Interpretation, 5(1), SD81–SD98. https://doi.org/10.1190/INT-2016-0117.1.

24. Raeesi, M., Zarifi, Z., Nilfouroushan, F., Boroujeni, S., & Tiampo, K. (2017). Quantitative analysis of seismicity in Iran. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 174(3), 793–833. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-016-1435-4.

23. Lacombe, O., Ruh, J., Brown, D., & Nilfouroushan, F. (2016). Introduction: Tectonic evolution and mechanics of basement-involved fold-and-thrust belts. Geological Magazine, 153(5–6), 759–762. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756816000650.

22. Koyi, H., Nilfouroushan, F., & Hessami, K. (2016). Modelling the role of basement block rotation and strike-slip faulting on structural pattern in the cover units in fold-and-thrust belts. Geological Magazine. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756816000595.

21. Schreurs, G., Buiter, S. J. H., Boutelier, J., Burberry, C., Callot, J.-P., Cavozzi, C., Cerca, M., Chen, J.-H., Cristallini, E., Cruden, A. R., Cruz, L., Daniel, J.-M., Da Poian, G., Garcia, V. H., Gomes, C. J. S., Grall, C., Guillot, Y., Guzmán, C., Hidayah, T. N., Hilley, G., Klinkmüller, M., Koyi, H. A., Lu, C.-Y., Maillot, B., Meriaux, C., Nilfouroushan, F., Pan, C.-C., Pillot, D., Portillo, R., Rosenau, M., Schellart, W. P., Schlische, R. W., Take, A., Vendeville, B., Vergnaud, M., Vettori, M., Wang, S.-H., Withjack, M. O., Yagupsky, D., & Yamada, Y. (2016). Benchmarking analogue models of brittle thrust wedges. Journal of Structural Geology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2016.03.005.

20. Deng, H., Koyi, H., & Nilfouroushan, F. (2016). Superimposed folding and thrusting by two phases of mutually orthogonal or oblique shortening in analogue models. Journal of Structural Geology, 83, 28–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2015.08.005.

19. Vajedian, S., Motagh, M., & Nilfouroushan, F. (2015). Response to Sowter, A. and Cigna, F.: On the use of the ISBAS acronym in InSAR applications. Comment on Vajedian, S., Motagh, M., & Nilfouroushan, F. “StaMPS improvement for deformation analysis in mountainous regions: Implications for the Damavand Volcano and Mosha Fault in Alborz.” Remote Sensing, 7, 11324–11325.

18. Vajedian, S., Motagh, M., & Nilfouroushan, F. (2015). StaMPS improvement for deformation analysis in mountainous regions: Implications for Damavand Volcano and Mosha Fault in Alborz. Remote Sensing, 7(7), 8323–8347. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs70708323. Open access.

17. Joudaki, M., Farzipour-Saein, A., & Nilfouroushan, F. (2015). Kinematics and surface fracture pattern of the Anaran basement fault zone in NW of the Zagros Fold-Thrust Belt. International Journal of Earth Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-015-1209-8.

16. Zarifi, Z., Nilfouroushan, F., & Raeesi, M. (2014). Crustal stress map of Iran: Insight from seismic and geodetic computations. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 171, 1219–1236. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-013-0711-9.

15. Nilfouroushan, F., Pysklywec, R., Cruden, A., & Koyi, H. (2013). Thermal-mechanical modeling of salt-based mountain belts with pre-existing basement faults: Application to the Zagros fold and thrust belt, southwest Iran. Tectonics, 32, 1212–1226. https://doi.org/10.1002/tect.20075.

14. Farzipour-Saein, A., Nilfouroushan, F., & Koyi, H. (2013). The effect of basement step/topography on the geometry of the Zagros fold and thrust belt, SW Iran: An analogue modeling approach. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 102, 2117–2135. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-013-0921-5.

13. Liu, Z., Koyi, H., Swantesson, J., Nilfouroushan, F., & Reshetyuk, Y. (2013). Kinematics and 3-D internal deformation of granular slopes: Analogue models and natural landslides. Journal of Structural Geology, 53, 27–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2013.05.010.

12. Mousavi, Z., Walpersdorf, A., Walker, R. T., Tavakoli, F., Pathier, E., Nankali, H., Nilfouroushan, F., & Djamour, Y. (2013). Global Positioning System constraints on the active tectonics of NE Iran and the South Caspian region. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 377–378, 287–298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.07.007.

11. Nilfouroushan, F., Pysklywec, R., & Cruden, A. R. (2012). Sensitivity analysis of numerical scaled models of fold-and-thrust belts to granular material cohesion variation and comparison with analogue experiments. Tectonophysics, 526–529, 196–206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2011.06.022.

10. Sorbi, M. R., Nilfouroushan, F., & Zamani, A. (2012). Seismicity patterns associated with the September 10, 2008 Qeshm earthquake, south Iran. International Journal of Earth Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-012-0771-6.

9. Nilforoushan, F., Koyi, H. A., Swantesson, J. O. H., & Talbot, C. J. (2008). Effect of basal friction on surface and volumetric strain in models of convergent settings measured by laser scanner. Journal of Structural Geology, 30, 366–379.

8. Tavakoli, F., Walpersdorf, A., Authemayou, C., Nankali, H. R., Hatzfeld, D., Tatar, M., Djamour, Y., Nilforoushan, F., Cotte, N., et al. (2008). Distribution of the right-lateral strike-slip motion from the Main Recent Fault to the Kazerun Fault System, Zagros, Iran: Evidence from present-day GPS velocities. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 275, 342–375.

7. Nilforoushan, F., & Koyi, H. (2007). Displacement fields and finite strains in a sandbox model simulating a fold-thrust belt. Geophysical Journal International, 169, 1341–1355.

6. Hessami, K., Nilforoushan, F., & Talbot, C. J. (2006). Active deformation within the Zagros Mountains deduced from GPS measurements. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 163, 143–148. Highly cited, >250 citations.

5. Bayer, R., Chery, J., Tatar, M., Vernant, P., Abbassi, M., Masson, F., Nilforoushan, F., Doerflinger, E., Regard, V., & Bellier, O. (2006). Active deformation in the Zagros-Makran transition zone inferred from GPS measurements. Geophysical Journal International, 165, 373–381. Highly cited, >100 citations.

4. Walpersdorf, A., Hatzfeld, D., Nankali, H., Tavakoli, F., Nilforoushan, F., Tatar, M., Vernant, P., Chery, J., & Masson, F. (2006). Difference in the GPS deformation pattern of North and Central Zagros, Iran. Geophysical Journal International, 167, 1077–1088. Highly cited, >250 citations.

3. Vernant, P., Nilforoushan, F., Chery, J., Bayer, R., Djamour, Y., Masson, F., Nankali, H., Ritz, J. F., Sedighi, M., & Tavakoli, F. (2004). Deciphering oblique shortening of central Alborz in Iran using geodetic data. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 223, 177–185. Highly cited, >300 citations.

2. Vernant, P., Nilforoushan, F., Hatzfeld, D., Abbassi, M. R., Vigny, C., Masson, F., Nankali, H., Martinod, J., Ashtiani, A., Bayer, R., Tavakoli, F., & Chéry, J. (2004). Present-day crustal deformation and plate kinematics in the Middle East constrained by GPS measurements in Iran and northern Oman. Geophysical Journal International, 157, 381–398. Highly cited, >1500 citations.

1. Nilforoushan, F., Masson, F., Vernant, P., Vigny, C., Martinod, J., Abbassi, M., Nankali, H., Hatzfeld, D., Bayer, R., Tavakoli, F., Ashtiani, A., Doerflinger, E., Daignières, M., Collard, P., & Chéry, J. (2003). GPS network monitors the Arabia-Eurasia collision deformation in Iran. Journal of Geodesy, 77, 411–422. Highly cited, >300 citations.

Book and Book Chapters

• Lacombe, O., Ruh, J., Brown, D., & Nilfouroushan, F. (2016). Thematic Issue: Tectonic Evolution and Mechanics of Basement-Involved Fold-and-Thrust Belts. Geological Magazine, 153(5–6). ISSN: 0016-7568.

• Schreurs, G., Buiter, S. J. H., Boutelier, D., Corti, G., Costa, E., Cruden, A. R., Daniel, J.-M., Hoth, S., Koyi, H. A., Kukowski, N., Lohrmann, J., Ravaglia, A., Schlische, R. W., Withjack, M. O., Yamada, Y., Cavozzi, C., Delventisette, C., Elder Brady, J. A., Hoffmann-Rothe, A., Mengus, J.-M., Montanari, D., & Nilforoushan, F. (2006). Analogue benchmarks of shortening and extension experiments. In Analogue and Numerical Modeling of Crustal-Scale Processes. Geological Society Special Publication, SP253, 1–27. ISBN: 1-86239-191-2. Highly cited, >115 citations.

Scientific Articles and Technical Reports

• Nilfouroushan, F., Dabiri, Z., & Darvishi, M. (2024). Application of the European Ground Motion Service (EGMS) in pre-event landslide deformation monitoring: A case study of the E6 Highway at Stenungsund, Sweden. Kart & Bildteknik, 2024(02), 15–20.

• Nilfouroushan, F., Gido, N., Olsson, P., & Gedara, C. (2023). Activity Report: Contributions from Lantmäteriet to the InSAR-Sweden Project. Lantmäteriet Technical Report 2023:1, 40 pp. ISSN 0280-5731.

• Jivall, L., Nilfouroushan, F., & Al Munaizel, N. (2022). Analysis of 20 Years of GPS Data from SWEREF Consolidation Points Using BERNESE and GAMIT-GLOBK Software. Lantmäteriet Technical Report 2022:1. ISSN 0280-5731.

• Palmqvist, C., Ochsner, M., Jamali, S., Hashemi, H., Åmerbilly, K., Nilfouroushan, F., Bagherbandi, M., Karim, R., Kour, R., Åldstedt, R., & Norrbin, P. (2021). Satellite Monitoring of Railways Using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR). 54 pp.

• Gruber, T., Angermann, D., Schlaak, M., Oikonomidou, X., Gisinger, C., Brcic, R., Poutanen, M., Marila, S., Koivula, H., Nordman, M., Saari, T., Nastula, J., Zdunek, R., Ellmann, A., Sander, V., Jonas, Å., & Nilfouroushan, F. (2021). Geodetic SAR for Baltic Height System Unification and Baltic Sea Level Research.

• Jivall, L., & Nilfouroushan, F. (2018). Mast-Based versus Pillar-Based Networks for Coordinate Estimation of SWEREF Points Using the Bernese and GAMIT-GLOBK Software Packages. Lantmäteriet Technical Report 2018:5.

• Nilforoushan, F., Talbot, C. J., & Fielding, E. (2006). Preliminary investigation of Zagros thrust-fold-belt deformation using SAR interferometry. In Proceedings of the FRINGE 2005 Workshop, Frascati, Italy, 28 November–2 December 2005. ESA SP-610.

• Nankali, H., Tavakoli, F., Nilforoushan, F., Sedighi, M., & Djamour, Y. (2004). Recent progress in geodynamics in Iran. Surveying Journal, 60, 10–19.

• Hinderer, J., Sedighi, M., Bayer, R., Ghazavi, K., Amalvict, M., Luck, B., Nilforoushan, F., Masson, F., Tavakoli, F., Peyret, M., Djamour, Y., Kouhzare, A., & Nankali, H. (2003). The absolute gravity network in Iran: An opportunity to analyse gravity changes caused by present-day tectonic deformation. Cahier du Centre Européen de Géodynamique et de Séismologie, 22, Luxembourg.

• Masson, F., Nilforoushan, F., Vernant, P., Abbassi, M., Hatzfeld, D., Vigny, C., Tavakoli, F., Bayer, R., Chery, J., Doerflinger, E., & Martinod, J. (2003). Tectonic implications of GPS measurements in Iran. SEE4 Proceedings, Tehran, Iran.

• Bayer, R., Shabanian, E., Regard, V., Vernant, P., Nilforoushan, F., Abbassi, M., Chery, J., Tatar, M., Doerflinger, E., Peyret, M., Daignières, M., Bellier, O., Hatzfeld, D., & Mokhtari, M. (2003). Active deformation in the Zagros-Makran transition zone inferred from GPS measurements. Fourth International Conference on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, SEE4, Tehran, Iran.

• Nilforoushan, F., Masson, F., Chery, J., Nankali, H., Vernant, P., Tavakoli, F., & Bayer, R. (2003). Present-day surface deformation in the Central Alborz, Iran, from GPS measurements. SEE4 Proceedings, Tehran, Iran.

• Hessami, K. H., & Nilforoushan, F. (2002). Seventeen months of deformation in the Zagros Mountains, southwest Iran. In Tectonic History and Present-Day Deformation in the Zagros Fold-Thrust Belt, Hessami’s PhD thesis, Uppsala University.

Monographs and Theses

• Nilfouroushan, F. (2007). Ground Movements in the Zagros Fold-Thrust Belt of SW Iran Measured by GPS and InSAR Compared to Physical Models. PhD thesis, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

• Nilfouroushan, F. (2006). GPS Study of Active Tectonics in Iran, Focusing on the Zagros Fold-Thrust Belt, SW Iran. MPhil/Filosofie Licentiat thesis, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

• Nilforoushan, F. (1996). 3D Adjustment of the First-Order GPS Network of Iran. Master of Science thesis, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.