First record of Jurassic (Toarcian - Bajocian) ammonites from the northern Lut Block, east-central Iran

Acta Geologica Polonica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-94

  Seyed Emami, Kazem ^a   Fürsich, Franz T ^b   Wilmsen, Markus ^b   Schairer, Gerhard ^c   Majidifard, Mahmoud Reza ^d  

^a Faculty of Engineering   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c Bayerische Staatssammlung Palaontolg   (Germany)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aalenian; Ammonites; Bajocian; Central Iran; Jurassic; Lut Block; Toarcian

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; JURASSIC; NEW RECORD;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; LUT BLOCK; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 1942531423     PISSN: 00015709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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