Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas ISSN: 1026-8774
[email protected] Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México México Vaziri-Moghaddam, Hossein; Seyrafian, Ali; Taheri, Azizolah; Motiei, Homayoon Oligocene-Miocene ramp system (Asmari Formation) in the NW of the Zagros basin, Iran: Microfacies, paleoenvironment and depositional sequence Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas, vol. 27, núm. 1, marzo, 2010, pp. 56-71 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Querétaro, México Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57214937005 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative 56 Vaziri-MoghaddamRevista Mexicana et al. de Ciencias Geológicas, v. 27, núm. 1, 2010, p. 56-71 Oligocene-Miocene ramp system (Asmari Formation) in the NW of the Zagros basin, Iran: Microfacies, paleoenvironment and depositional sequence Hossein Vaziri-Moghaddam1,*, Ali Seyrafian1, Azizolah Taheri2, and Homayoon Motiei3 1 Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran, 81746-73441. 2 Geology Department, Faculty of Earth Science, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahroud, Iran. 3 National Iranian Oil Company Research and Development Division, Tehran, Iran. *
[email protected] ABSTRACT The Asmari Formation deposited in the Zagros foreland basin during the Oligocene-Miocene. Four different measured sections were studied in this area in order to interpret the facies, depositional environment and sequence stratigraphy of the Asmari Formation. In this study, thirteen different microfacies types have been recognized, which can be grouped into six depositional environments: tidal flat, restricted lagoon, open lagoon, shoal, slope and basin.