Microfacies and depositional environment of the Cenomanian of the Bangestan anticline, SW Iran

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-285

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bangestan anticline; Cenomanian; Sarvak Formation; Sedimentary environment; Zagros basin

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CENOMANIAN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; LAGOON; MICROFACIES; PETROGRAPHY; SHALLOW WATER; SLOPE;

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

EID: 70350343777     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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