Lithostratigraphy of Iran

by Mansour Ghorbani

Overview

This book discusses the entire lithostratigraphy of Iran from the Proterozoic to recent. This unique book manages to elucidate the stratigraphy of Iran, after an exhausting and long-term process; the creation of a comprehensive stratigraphic framework required input from many Iranian specialist stratigraphers - a process which will be ongoing in the future. However, the main purpose of this work is to provide a concise summary of the state of the art of the lithostratigraphy for Iranian formations. The geology of the various sedimentary basins is described for each geological time period, together with the constituent lithostratigraphic units. The available stratigraphic data are summarized in tables, providing all relevant references. Finally, the book presents the spatial and temporal distribution of the various formations, together with their geographic locations, type sections and lithological composition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030049621
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	01/17/2019
Series:	Springer Geology
Edition description:	1st ed. 2019
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface.- Stratigraphy of Iran.- 1.1 Precambrian.- 1.1.1 Neoproterozoic rocks based on recent studies.- 1.1.2 Northern Iran.- 1.1.3 Central Iran.- 1.2 Paleozoic.- 1.2.1 Cambrian.- 1.2.2 Ordovician.- 1.2.3 Silurian.- 1.2.4 Devonian.- 1.2.5 Carboniferous.- 1.2.6 Permian.- 1.2.7 Selected paleozoic sections. 1.3 Mesozoic.- 1.3.1 Triassic.- 1.3.2 Jurassic.- 1.3.3 Cretaceous.- 1.3.4 Mesozoic sections.- 1.4 Cenozoic.- 1.4.1 Alborz.- 1.4.2 Central Iran.- 1.4.4 Zagros.- 1.4.5 Kopeh-Dagh.- 1.4.6 Makran.- 1.5 Plio-Quaternary.- 1.5.1 Alborz.- 1.5.2 Zagros.- 1.5.3 Kopeh-Dagh.- 1.5.4 Central Iran and Sanandaj-Sirjan. 1.6 Spatial and temporal correlation of Iranian lithostratigraphic units. References.- Annex. Geological studies conducted in Iran.