The upper Shemshak Formation (Toarcian Aalenian) of the Eastern Alborz (Iran): Biota and palaeoenvironments during a transgressive-regressive cycle

Facies

Volumn 51, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 365-384

  Fürsich, Franz T ^a   Wilmsen, Markus ^a   Seyed Emami, Kazem ^b   Cecca, Fabrizio ^c   Majidifard, Mahmoud R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alborz Mountains; Facies analysis; Iran; Jurassic; Shemshak Formation

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

ASIA; ELBURZ; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 29944432805     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-005-0051-z     Document Type: Article

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