Facies distribution and sequence stratigraphy of the Coniacian - Santonian succession of the Bangestan Palaeo-high in the Bangestan Anticline, SW Iran

Facies

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-257

  Ghabeishavi, Ali ^a   Vaziri Moghaddam, Hossein ^c   Taheri, Azizolah ^b  

^a NATIONAL IRANIAN SOUTH OIL COMPANY NISOC   (Iran)

^b SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bangestan Anticline; Coniacian; Microfacies; Palaeo high; Santonian; Sequences tratigraphy; Zagros Basin

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CONIACIAN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LOWSTAND; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROFACIES; SANTONIAN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SYSTEMS TRACT; TRANSGRESSION; UNCONFORMITY;

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

CONIACIAN;

EID: 64249099538     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-008-0171-3     Document Type: Article

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