A recent project on the palaeontology and biozonation of Palaeozoic sediments of Central Iran and the Zagros Basin led to the study of palynological content of the Faraghan Formation. In the Zagros region this formation crops out in several areas among which are the Dena, Faraghan and Zardkuh Mountains. The formation was also cored in several boreholes drilled by NIOC (Fig. 1). A Sakmarian-Artinskian age was originally proposed for the Faraghan Formation on the basis of stratigraphic range of some palynomorphs (Ghavidel-Syooki, 1997). In the present study a younger age is suggested on the basis of the palynoassemblage recorded, by comparison with palynozones in the Middle East. This palynological investigation was undertaken to achieve a more accurate age for the Faraghan Formation and to establish its relationships with coeval deposits in Oman, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iraq.
Palynostratigraphy of the Permian Faraghan Formation in the Zagros Basin, Southern Iran: preliminary studies
Amalia Spina
;Simonetta Cirilli;
2015
Abstract
A recent project on the palaeontology and biozonation of Palaeozoic sediments of Central Iran and the Zagros Basin led to the study of palynological content of the Faraghan Formation. In the Zagros region this formation crops out in several areas among which are the Dena, Faraghan and Zardkuh Mountains. The formation was also cored in several boreholes drilled by NIOC (Fig. 1). A Sakmarian-Artinskian age was originally proposed for the Faraghan Formation on the basis of stratigraphic range of some palynomorphs (Ghavidel-Syooki, 1997). In the present study a younger age is suggested on the basis of the palynoassemblage recorded, by comparison with palynozones in the Middle East. This palynological investigation was undertaken to achieve a more accurate age for the Faraghan Formation and to establish its relationships with coeval deposits in Oman, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iraq.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
