Stratigraphy and ammonite fauna of the upper Shemshak Formation (Toarcian-Aalenian) at Tazareh, eastern Alborz, Iran

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4-6, 2006, Pages 259-275

  Seyed Emami, K ^a   Fursich F T ^b   Wilmsen, M ^b   Cecca, F ^c   Majidifard, M R ^d   Schairer, G ^e   Shekarifard, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

^e BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonites; Biostratigraphy; Correlation; Eastern Alborz; Iran; Jurassic; Shemshak Formation

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DOLOMITE; JURASSIC; LIMESTONE; MARL; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; ELBURZ; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

AMMONOIDEA;

EID: 33751408290     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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