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 …

Changing components, rock textures, lithofacies, platform types and architecture throughout
time are unique characteristics of carbonate rocks. Characterizing these attributes has been …

Mixed siliciclastic-carbonate deposits consist of a suite of different types of mixing between
the two components, from bed (core-plug) to stratigraphic (seismic) scales, producing a high …

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 …

Oligocene carbonate ramps and platforms are widespread and though they are important
carbonate reservoirs, detailed studies on the facies organization, platform type and internal …

Platform carbonates are a major component of the Earth system, but their spatial distribution
through geological times is difficult to reconstruct, due to the incompleteness of geological …

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 …

Abstract The Oligocene-Miocene Asmari reservoir is dominated by heterogeneity in various
aspects, especially porosity and permeability caused mainly by dolomitization. The …

A unique geological setting that included a long-lived shallow-water, often reefal, carbonate
barrier along the edge of South Tethys and a nearly thousand kilometer wide back-barrier …

Abstract The Oligocene–Miocene (OM) depositional sequences (Asmari Formation) are
marked by remarkable changes in thickness, lithology, depositional facies characteristics …