Salinity changes during Late Oligocene to Early Miocene Asmari Formation deposition, Zagros Mountains, Iran

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 272, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 17-36

  Mossadegh, Z K ^a,c   Haig, D W ^a   Allan, T ^b   Adabi, M H ^c   Sadeghi, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; Oligocene to Miocene; Shark Bay salinity analogue; Sr isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOZONATION; DEPOSITION; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROFACIES; OLIGOCENE; OUTCROP; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRATIGRAPHY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; ZAGROS;

CHONDRICHTHYES; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 58749086547     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.10.021     Document Type: Article

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