Biostratigraphy and paleoecology of the Oligo-Miocene succession in Fars and Khuzestan areas (Zagros Basin, SW Iran)

Historical Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 17-31

  Sadeghi, Reza ^a   Vaziri Moghaddam, Hossein ^a   Taheri, Azizollah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asmari Formation; Biostratigraphy; Larger benthic foraminifera; Oligo Miocene; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

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

FORAMINIFERA; LEPIDOCYCLINIDAE; NUMMULITIDAE;

EID: 70449350410     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912960903033319     Document Type: Article

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