Depositional environments and trace fossil assemblages in the Pabdeh Formation (Paleogene), Zagros Basin, Iran

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-77

  Mohseni, Hassan ^a   Behbahani, Reza ^b   Khodabakhsh, Saeed ^a   Atashmard, Zohreh ^a  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbonate ramp; Depositional environment; Ichnofossil; Pabdeh Formation; Turbidite facies; Zagros Basin

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGENE;

IRAN; ZAGROS BASIN;

ARENICOLITES; CRUZIANA; NEONEREITES; PLANOLITES; ZOOPHYCOS;

EID: 82155181631     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2011/0185     Document Type: Article

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