Facies and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Early–Middle Miocene deposits in the north-west of the Zagros Basin, Iran

• Main Authors: Roozpeykar Asghar, Maghfouri-Moghaddam Iraj, Yazdi Mehdi, Yousefi-Yegane Bizhan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia 2019
• Subjects: facies; Burdigalian–Langhian; Asmari Formation; Zagros Basin; carbonate ramp; euphotic; oligophotic; Geology; QE1-996.5; Ramp The; The Ramp; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2478/geoca-2019-0005; https://doaj.org/article/e907557c634647829170ab824b73c422

Facies analysis and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Burdigalian to Langhian Asmari Formation, outcropping in the Khorram Abad Anticline, in the north-west of the Zagros Basin allow us to interpret the carbonate ramp history during the Early–Middle Miocene time span. The biota producing sedi...