Successions of a controversial period of time in the Zagros and Arabian Plate stratigraphic
column, including Zakeen (Devonian) and Faraghan (early Permian) formations are
investigated for their provenance characteristics. Nearly similar depositional environments of
the formations, regardless of 70–80 My hiatus between them, is the main motivation for this
study. Evidence from various methods are put together to reconstruct a comprehensive
image of their provenance. Results from petrographic and detrital mode analysis indicate a …