Exploration Division of National Iranian Oil Company, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
A thick clastic sequence is well-developed in Tang-e-Zakeen, Kuh-e-Faraghan, being situated approximately 80 Km north of Bandar Abbas. The sequence is 340m. thick and mainly consists of sandstone, siltstone, shale and subordinate dolomitic beds. So far, this clastic sequence has been called Faraghan Formation. This rock unit lacks marine fauna and based on stratigraphic position; it was assigned to the Early Permian (Szabo & Kheradpir, 1978). Since then, a detailed palynological study has been carried out on the Faraghan Formation by the author. These studies resulted identification of numerous palynomorph taxa, including miospore and acritarch species. The known palynomorph taxa indicated that, a major part of Faraghan Formation belongs to the Devonian Period, while the rest is Early Permian. As a result, the National Iranian Stratigraphic Committee decided and agreed upon to divide the Faraghan Formation into two rock units, namely, the Zakeen Formation, embracing the Devonian strata, and Faraghan Formation for the Early Permian sequence in the Zagros Basin respectively. The Zakeen Formation derives from the Zakeen Village which is located in the southern flank of Kuh-e-Faraghan, about 80 km north of Bandar Abbas. The type section of Zakeen Formation attains a thickness of 285m. in Tang-e-Zakeen, Kuh-e-Faraghan, approximately 23 km from the Zakeen village. It disconformably rests on the Sarchahan Formation, while it too, disconformably overlain by the Faraghan Formation. A total of 100 samples from the Zakeen Formation were selected and treated in the palynological laboratory of the Exploration Division of National Iranian Oil Company. 63 palynomorph taxa were encountered from the Zakeen Formation. The known species were arranged in five local stratigraphic assemblage zones. Zones I and II occur in a thickness of 96 m. of the Zakeen Formation, in ascending order, suggesting the Early Devonian. Whereas Zones III and IV occur Within 156 m. interval of the Zakeen Formation, representing the Middle Devonian. Lastly, the zone V is represented by 35.5m. of rock-interval indicating the Frasnian age. The Zakeen Formation is not similar to any Devonian rock unit in the Alborz Ranges, as well as the Central Iranian Basin, but it is similar and equivalent to the Devonian rock units (Tawil, jauf and Jubah formations) of the Saudi Arabia and southern Persian Gulf regions.
Ghavidel-Syooki,M. (1999). Investigation on the Upper Paleozoic Strata in Tang - e - Zakeen, and Introducing Zakeen Formation, Kuh-e-Faraghan, Zagros Basin, South Iran. Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences, 8(29-30), 54-73.
MLA
Ghavidel-Syooki,M. . "Investigation on the Upper Paleozoic Strata in Tang - e - Zakeen, and Introducing Zakeen Formation, Kuh-e-Faraghan, Zagros Basin, South Iran", Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences, 8, 29-30, 1999, 54-73.
HARVARD
Ghavidel-Syooki M. (1999). 'Investigation on the Upper Paleozoic Strata in Tang - e - Zakeen, and Introducing Zakeen Formation, Kuh-e-Faraghan, Zagros Basin, South Iran', Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences, 8(29-30), pp. 54-73.
CHICAGO
M. Ghavidel-Syooki, "Investigation on the Upper Paleozoic Strata in Tang - e - Zakeen, and Introducing Zakeen Formation, Kuh-e-Faraghan, Zagros Basin, South Iran," Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences, 8 29-30 (1999): 54-73,
VANCOUVER
Ghavidel-Syooki M. Investigation on the Upper Paleozoic Strata in Tang - e - Zakeen, and Introducing Zakeen Formation, Kuh-e-Faraghan, Zagros Basin, South Iran. Geoscience, 1999; 8(29-30): 54-73.
