Neogene sediments and modern depositional environments of the Zagros foreland basin system

Geological Magazine

Volumn 148, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 838-853

  Pirouz, Mortaza ^a   Simpson, Guy ^a   Bahroudi, Abbas ^b   Azhdari, Ali ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

clastic sediments; foreland basin; modern depositional environment; Neogene; Zagros

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; FERTILIZERS; SEDIMENTS;

CLASTIC SEDIMENTS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FORELAND BASIN; NEO GENES; ZAGROS;

RIVERS;

BRAIDED RIVER; CARBONATE RAMP; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; MARINE SEDIMENT; MARL; MEANDER; NEOGENE; SABKHA; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; IRAN; PERSIAN GULF; ZAGROS;

EID: 80054959432     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756811000392     Document Type: Article

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