Microfacies and sedimentary environment of the Oligocene sequence (Asmari Formation) in Fars sub-basin, Zagros Mountains, southwest Iran

Facies

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 431-446

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asmari Formation; Fars Sub zone; Microfacies; Oligocene; Zagros Basin

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FAUNA; LAGOON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROFACIES; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PETROGRAPHY; REEF;

FARS; IRAN; ZAGROS;

EID: 79958791035     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-010-0245-x     Document Type: Article

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