Microfacies and paleoenvironmental interpretation of the lower Asmari Formation (Oligocene), North-Central Zagros Basin, Iran

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 3, 2003, Pages 164-174

  Seyrafian, Ali ^a   Hamedani, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; ZAGROS BASIN;

ALGAE; ARCHAIAS; DITRUPA; IRANIA; LEPIDOCYCLINA; NUMMULITES;

EID: 1842502609     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/2003/2003/164     Document Type: Article

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