Building the Zagros collisional orogen: timing, strain distribution and the dynamics of Arabia/Eurasia plate convergence

F Mouthereau, O Lacombe, J Vergés - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
The Zagros Mountains are the result of the Arabia/Eurasia collision initiated at~ 35Ma as the
rifted Arabian lithosphere was underthrusted beneath the Iranian plate due to its negative …

[PDF][PDF] Carbonate reservoir rocks at giant oil and gas fields in SW Iran and the adjacent offshore: a review of stratigraphic occurrence and poro-perm characteristics

B Esrafili-Dizaji, H Rahimpour-Bonab - Journal of Petroleum …, 2019 - academia.edu
More than 6000 exploration and appraisal wells have been drilled in SW Iran since the
discovery of Masjid-i Soleiman in May 1908, resulting in the discovery of 124 oilfields and 57 …

Strontium isotope stratigraphy

JM McArthur - 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Strontium Isotope Stratigraphy | Application of Modern Stratigraphic TechniquesTheory and
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Regional stratigraphic architecture and reservoir types of the Oligo-Miocene deposits in the Dezful Embayment (Asmari and Pabdeh Formations) SW Iran

FSP Van Buchem, TL Allan, GV Laursen… - Geological Society …, 2010 - lyellcollection.org
A regional sequence stratigraphic model is proposed for the Oligo-Miocene Asmari and
Pabdeh Formations in the Dezful Embayment of SW Iran. The model is based on both new …

Early Neogene foreland of the Zagros, implications for the initial closure of the Neo-Tethys and kinematics of crustal shortening

M Pirouz, JP Avouac, J Hassanzadeh… - Earth and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
We study the transition from passive margin to foreland basin sedimentation now exposed in
the High Zagros belt to provide chronological constraints on the initial stage of Arabia …

Late Cretaceous–Paleocene formation of the proto–Zagros foreland basin, Lurestan Province, SW Iran

S Homke, J Vergés, J Serra-Kiel… - Geological …, 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Late Cretaceous emplacement of ophiolitic-radiolaritic thrust sheets over the Arabian
passive margin was the first manifestation of the protracted closure of the Neotethys Ocean …

The Asmari Formation revisited: changed stratigraphic allocation and new biozonation

GV Laursen, S Monibi, TL Allan, NAH Pickard… - Shiraz 2009-1st EAGE …, 2009 - earthdoc.org
The essential biostratigraphy of the Asmari Formation was outlined in the early 1950's and
thereby the only published record of the biostratigraphy before the Asmari Formation was …

[HTML][HTML] Oligocene-Miocene ramp system (Asmari Formation) in the NW of the Zagros basin, Iran: Microfacies, paleoenvironment and depositional sequence

H Vaziri-Moghaddam, A Seyrafian, A Taheri… - Revista mexicana de …, 2010 - scielo.org.mx
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 …

Integrated petrophysical and microfacies analyses for a reservoir quality assessment of the Asmari Dolostone sequence in the Khesht Field, SW Iran

R Fallah-Bagtash, MH Adabi, BS Nabawy… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Asmari Formation is one of the most important prolific reservoirs along both
sides of the Persian Gulf. The present study aims to characterize the fractured dolomite of …

Magnetochronology of synorogenic Miocene foreland sediments in the Fars arc of the Zagros Folded Belt (SW Iran)

S Khadivi, F Mouthereau, JC Larrasoaña, J Vergés… - Basin …, 2010 - earthdoc.org
The timing of deformation in the northern Zagros Folded Belt is poorly constrained because
of the lack of an accurate absolute chronology of the syntectonic sedimentary sequences …