A model for the paleoenvironmental distribution of larger foraminifera of Oligocene-Miocene carbonate rocks at Khaviz Anticline, Zagros Basin, SW Iran

Historical Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 215-227

  Rahmani, Ali ^a   Vaziri Moghaddam, Hossein ^a   Taheri, Azizollah ^b   Ghabeishavi, Ali ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c NATIONAL IRANIAN SOUTH OIL COMPANY NISOC   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asmari formation; Larger benthic foraminifera; Oligo miocene; Paleoecology; Sedimentary environment; Zagros basin

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBONATE ROCK; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CARBONATE SYSTEM; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; MICROFACIES; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

IRAN; ZAGROS BASIN;

CORALLINACEAE; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 77951663370     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912960903461296     Document Type: Article

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