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 …

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 …

Differentiating brittle and ductile rocks from surface seismic data is the key to efficient well
location and completion. Brittleness average estimates based only on elastic parameters are …

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 relationship between the present-day stress field and natural fractures can have
significant implications for subsurface fluid flow. In particular, fractures that are aligned in …

We use calibrated earthquake relocations to reassess the distribution and kinematics of
faulting in the Zagros range, southwestern Iran. This is among the most seismically active …

Abstract The 12 November 2017 M w 7.3 Ezgeleh‐Sarpolzahab earthquake is the largest
instrumentally recorded earthquake in the Zagros Simply Folded Belt by a factor of∼ 10 in …

The middle Cenomanian–early Turonian Mishrif Formation, a major carbonate reservoir unit
in southern Iraq, was studied using cuttings and core samples and wireline logs (gamma …

Field data in combination with interpretation of old seismic lines across the Pusht-e Kuh arc
and northwest Dezful embayment in the Zagros fold belt allow the investigation of the …

Determination of TOC is critical to the evaluation of every source rock unit. Methods which
are dependent upon extensive laboratory testing are limited by the availability and integrity …