Paleoenvironmental analysis and biostratigraphy of the Upper Jurassic Esfandiar Formation (East-Central Iran)

Authors: Bagi, Hoseinali; Tasli, Kemal

Source: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, Volume 243, Number 1, January 2007 , pp. 101-111(11)

Publisher: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung

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Abstract:

Microfacies and paleoenvironmental investigations have been carried out on the Upper Jurassic Esfandiar Limestone Formation in the Pikuh Area, south of the Shotori Mountains (east-central Iran). Based on field studies and of thin-sections, seven facies types are distinguished. These facies characterize a sheltered interior platform setting for the Esfandiar Limestone Formation. Benthic foraminifera provide a direct age determination (Middle Oxfordian-Lower Kimmeridgian) for the Esfandiar Limestone Formation.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0243-0101

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