Intra-Turonian stratigraphic reorganization on the Arabian Plate

MD Simmons, MD Bidgood, RB Davies… - Geological Society …, 2025 - lyellcollection.org
Shallow-marine carbonate deposition was widespread across the Arabian Plate during
much of the Late Permian–Mesozoic but was significantly interrupted by a major tectonically …

[HTML][HTML] Mode and timing of the Early Cretaceous transgression in Iran: Insights from the stratigraphic evidence of sea-level changes and geodynamic events

F Berra, V Randazzo, A Zanchi, MR Petrizzo… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2023 - Elsevier
The study of selected logs from the Central-Eastern Iran Microplate (CEIM; area of Arusan)
and Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone (SSZ; areas of Esfahan east and Tiran) constrains timing and …

Mid-Cretaceous biostratigraphy (ammonites, inoceramid bivalves and foraminifers) at the eastern margin of the Anarak Metamorphic Complex (Central Iran)

M Wilmsen, M Berensmeier, FT Fürsich… - Cretaceous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biostratigraphy of ammonite, inoceramid and orbitolinid foraminifer faunas from the mid-
Cretaceous (Aptian–Turonian) succession at the eastern border of the Anarak Metamorphic …

Early Cretaceous sedimentary provenance and structural evolution of the central Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone, Iran: implications for palaeogeographic reconstructions of the …

MA Salehi, M Tadayon - International Geology Review, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Early Cretaceous was an important epoch in the evolution of the Earth
system in which major tectonic episodes occurred, especially along the Alpine–Himalayan …

Youngest Cretaceous dinosaur tracksite from the Middle East (Maastrichtian, Farrokhi Formation, Central Iran)

M Wilmsen, FT Fürsich, MR Majidifard - Palaeobiodiversity and …, 2022 - Springer
A late early Maastrichtian dinosaur trampling site is reported from the Farrokhi Formation of
the Khur area, Central Iran. The largely indeterminate footprints, some of which may …

Factors controlling facies distribution during the early Late Cretaceous in the Eastern Desert of Egypt: Paleoenvironmental reconstruction and relationship to sequence …

E Nagm, AO Bamousa - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
In the context of a high-resolution stratigraphic perspective, facies analysis is carried out to
interpret the paleoenvironments that prevailed during the Cenomanian–Turonian …

The evolution of the Lower Cretaceous carbonate ramp in sequence stratigraphy framework: A case study from the Tirgan Formation, Kopet-Dagh Basin, NE Iran

S Farhadmehr, NK Ghadimvand… - Iranian Journal of …, 2024 - oiccpress.com
Lower Cretaceous strata in Kopet-Dagh Basin are mostly composed of medium-to thick-
bedded limestones with various skeletal (bivalves, foraminifera, algae, echinoderms …