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Volume 33 (2023)
Volume 32 (2022)
Volume 31 (2021)
Volume 30 (2020)
Volume 29 (2020)
Volume 28 (2019)
Volume 27 (2018)
Volume 26 (2017)
Volume 25 (2016)
Volume 24 (2015)
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Stratigraphy and Palaeontology
Biostratigraphy of the Gurpi Formation based on planktonic foraminifera in the Fars area, Zagros basin

Maryam Alavi; Abbas Sadeghi; Mohammad Hossein Adabi; Nasrin Hadavandkhani; Yadolah Ezampanah

Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 21 June 2024

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2023.406025.2098

Abstract
  In order to study the biostratigraphy of the Gurpi Formation in the Fars area, a stratigraphic section is selected and sampled in the Sarbalesh anticline. The thickness of the Gurpi Formation in this section is 346.3 meters and its main lithology includes argillaceous limestone and shale. The lower boundary ...  Read More

Stratigraphy and Palaeontology
Assessment of Miocene vertebrate biodiversity of Zagros: new findings of vertebrate footprints from the Agha Jari Formation, east Gotvand, Khuzestan province, southwest Iran

Abdolvahab Kazemi; Nasrollah Abbassi

Volume 33, Issue 2 , June 2023, , Pages 299-318

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2022.360094.2029

Abstract
  Agha Jari Formation (Miocene-Pliocene, 788 m) comprises alternations of sandstone, siltstone, and marl in red to brown color layers in the east Gotvand, north Khuzestan province, southwest Iran. Numerous vertebrate footprints have been found in the middle part of the Formation, which includes footprints ...  Read More

Stratigraphy and Palaeontology
Biostratigraphy with emphasis on calcareous nannofossils in the passage of Pabdeh Formation to Asmari Formation in Khaviz section, Khuzestan province

Saeedeh senemari; Narges Monjezi

Volume 32, Issue 4 , December 2022, , Pages 153-162

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2022.302632.1935

Abstract
   Pabdeh Formation to Asmari Formation transition deposits were studied in the stratigraphic section of Khaviz located in the northeast of Behbehan. In the present research, the deposits of the upper part of Pabdeh Formation consisting shale and interbedded of argillaceous gray limestone with a thickness ...  Read More

Petrology
Geochemistry and tectonic setting of the Garmab ophiolitic complex, Northeast of Kamyaran

Ayoub Veisinia; Mohammad Ebrahimi; Bahman Rahibzadeh; rasoul Esmaeili

Volume 31, Issue 1 , June 2021, , Pages 135-148

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2019.147061.1528

Abstract
  Kamyaran ophiolitic complex located in the northeast Zagros orogeny along the crush zone between Arabian-Iranian plates. This complex outcropped between the Harsin ophiolites in southeast and Sarwabad ophiolite in northwest. Field observation reveal the fact that the Garmab Ophiolite in the northeast ...  Read More

Stratigraphy and Palaeontology
Biozonation and paleobathymetry of the Gurpi Formation in the Dasht-e Arjan section , Zagros area , based on foraminifera

Arash shabanpour Haghighie; Lida Bakhshandeh; Tayebeh Mohtat; Masood Zamanipedram; Seyed hamid Vaziri

Volume 31, Issue 1 , June 2021, , Pages 209-220

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2018.104795.1311

Abstract
  In this research the Gurpi Formation in the Zagros Basin outcropping in the Dasht-e Arjan section, Shiraz province ,for the purpose of biozonational and Paleobathymetric studies were investigated. The thickness of these sediments is about 130 m and consists of Limestones and Shales.To determine the palaeobathymetry ...  Read More

Petrology
Petrography and Geochemistry of ophiolitic peridotite from Marivan-Kamyaran region, Zagros (western Iran)

Azad karimi; ali ahmadi; Monireh Kheirkhah; Abdolreza Partabian

Volume 30, Issue 118 , January 2021, , Pages 25-36

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2020.222846.1770

Abstract
  The peridotites from Marivan-Kamyaran ophiolite suite (MKO), outer Zagros ophiolite belt, western Iran, are studied for the petrological and geochemical characteristics. Both mantle and crustal peridotites are present in the Marivan-Kamyaran ophiolitic sequence. Extensive compositional variations in ...  Read More

Sedimentology
Comparison of dolomitization models of Triassic-Neocomian carbonates in the easthern High Zagros

Ali Hossein Jalilian

Volume 30, Issue 118 , January 2021, , Pages 165-178

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2020.226477.1782

Abstract
  The Mesozoic sequence in the Zagros Region (SW Iran) consists dominantly of carbonates especially dolomite that play the role of reservoir in many oil and gas fields of the region. To investigate the function of sedimentary and diagenetic processes in the formation of Triassic-Neocomian dolomites of ...  Read More

Tectonics
Structural and microstructural analyses of the deformation in the Faryadoun region, NE of the Zagros orogenic belt: Evidence for the occurrance of the sinistral shear

Mohammad Ali Ghanbarian; Ali Yassaghi

Volume 30, Issue 117 , December 2020, , Pages 243-252

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2019.144081.1523

Abstract
  This research has presented the results of the structural and microstructural analyses of the Faryadoun region which is located in the NE of the Fars province. In this research, a new NW-striking belt has been introduced in the central part of Zagros hinterland and NE of the Sanandaj-Sirjan metamorphic ...  Read More

Tectonics
The role of mechanical stratigraphy on folding geometry using subsurface data, A case study from the Aghajari and Pazanan anticlines (south Dezful embayment)

Mehdi Tavakoli Yaraki; Seyyed Ahmad Alavi; Mohammad Reza Ghassemi; Iraj Abdollahie fard

Volume 29, Issue 116 , August 2020, , Pages 213-228

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2018.104652.1309

Abstract
  The significance of mechanical stratigraphy of rocks in kinematics of folds has long been of interest to structural geologists. Parameters such as sedimentary facies variations and thickness of incompetent layers play major role in activity of these layers as detachment horizons. The purpose of this ...  Read More

Stratigraphy and Palaeontology
Biostratigraphy of the Gurpi Formation based on planktonic foraminiferal in Bishe-deraz section, South of Ilam

faeze Amiri; E Zarei

Volume 29, Issue 115 , June 2020, , Pages 17-26

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2019.153572.1561

Abstract
  The Gurpi formation in Bishe-deraz Section, south of Ilam, consists of 201m marl with intercalations of limy marl with two formal members of Seymareh (Lopha) and Emam-Hasan. The formation overlies the Ilam Formation and is gradationally overlain by the purple shales of the basal part of the Pabdeh Formation. ...  Read More

Geophysics
Basement Seismicity in the Lurestan Arc of Zagros

Mohammadreza Jamalreyhani; Abdolreza Ghods; Seyyed Khalil Mottaghi; Esmail Shabanian; Morteza Talebian; Beijing Chen

Volume 29, Issue 113 , November 2019, , Pages 13-24

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2018.116086.1383

Abstract
  One of the main issues in Zagros is the extent that basement and the thick sedimentary layer participate in the observed seismicity. During Nov. 2013, five magnitude ~5 Mw events hit a region in the western end of Lurestan arc of Simply Folded Belt (SFB) of Zagros. We used the Iran-China temporary network ...  Read More

Stratigraphy and Palaeontology
Investigation of Lithostratigraphic and Biostratigraphic of the sarvak formation at type section

kiana kiarostami; Darioush Baghbani; Seyed Mohsen Aleali; Seyed Ali Aghanabati; Mohammad Parandavar

Volume 29, Issue 113 , November 2019, , Pages 155-164

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2018.90662.1177

Abstract
  Lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy studies on the Sarvak Formation in type section (Tang- e Sarvak, Northwest of Behbahan) show that this Formation has 710 meter thicknesses that divided in to four lithostratigraphic units. The Sarvak Formation in type section rests on the Kazhdumi Formation conformably ...  Read More

Stratigraphy and Palaeontology
Evaluation bioevents of Discoaster multiradiatus Zone- Sphenolithus predistintus Zone in Pabdeh Formation, based on calcareous nannofossils in northeast of Kazerun, Fars structural zone

s senemari

Volume 29, Issue 113 , November 2019, , Pages 179-188

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2018.112839.1364

Abstract
  In order to study biostratigraphy of the Pabdeh Formation in the Northeast Kazerun, Murdak section was selected. In this section, Pabdeh Formation is mainly consists of marl, shale and marly limestone. The study of calcareous nannofossils led to the recognition of 70 species and 28 genera. According ...  Read More

Stratigraphy and Palaeontology
Structural evolution of Zoophycos group trace fossils from the Pabdeh Formation (Paleocene–Oligocene), SE of Ilam province, SW Iran

Zahra Hosseini Asgarabadi; Nasrollah Abbassi; Hassan Mohseni; Saeed Khodabakhsh

Volume 29, Issue 113 , November 2019, , Pages 211-220

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2018.111342.1348

Abstract
  The Pabdeh Formation (Paleocene to Oligocene in age) comprises alternation of marl and limestone with the Purple Shale at the base is well exposed on the flanks of the Kabir-Kuh. Thalassinoides, Rhizocorallium, Planolites, Chondrites, cf. Rosselia, Spirophyton and Zoophycos were found in the limestone ...  Read More

The study of geology structures in the Kaki area (Bushehr province) in the Central Zagros using the 1-D travel time inversion

H. Kianimehr; F. Yaminifard; M. Tatar; E. Kissling

Volume 28, Issue 112 , August 2019, , Pages 281-288

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2019.93193

Abstract
  The Zagros fold and thrust belt contains a near continuous sedimentary cover which overlies the late Precambrian-Cambrian Hormuz salt formation. The information about this structure is only limited to the study of salt domes. As the density variation of salt is not noticeable with depth, it is expected ...  Read More

Microbiostratigraphy of Tale Zang Formation in Kyalo Section, East of the Poldokhtar

P. Rajabi

Volume 28, Issue 110 , December 2018, , Pages 129-136

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2019.84277

Abstract
  Taleh Zang Formation is shallow carbonate facies of the Paleogene Zagros Basin. According to the area, including depth, tectonic and sedimentary sedimentation rate and other factors of the formation with Kashkan and Shahbazan sometimes with different thicknesses of semi-deep and deep Papdeh facies were ...  Read More

Geophysics
Weight induced-stress of the Gotvand-e Olya reservoir on the Golestan Fault

Mohammad Reza Ebrahimi; Mohammad Tatar

Volume 27, Issue 107 , June 2018, , Pages 193-202

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2017.87186.1113

Abstract
  Impoundment of a reservoir and changes in the lake levels can trigger / induce the seismicity. In this research, the strength changes are modeled across the Golestan fault, due to loading effect of Gotvand-e Olya reservoir which is located in the Zagros Mountain of SW Iran. The formulas based on 3D Boussinesq ...  Read More

Depositional and post-depositional history of the Guri Member in the south-east of Zagros sedimentary basin

A. Zohdi; S. A. Moallemi; M. A. Salehi

Volume 27, Issue 106 , March 2018, , Pages 129-142

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2018.58327

Abstract
  In the Zagros sedimentary basin, the maximum thickness of the Guri Member carbonates is belonging to the eastern parts of the Bandar-Abbas region. In this research, the Guri Member in five outcrops at the Bandar-Abbas region has been sedimentological and stratigraphic studied. The Guri Member mainly ...  Read More

Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Miocene clastic sedimentary rocks at Kuh-e Asaki and Horgan sections, Neyriz region, Zagros basin

P Gholami Zadeh; M.H Adabi; M Hosseini-Barzi; A Sadeghi; M.R Ghassemi

Volume 26, Issue 101 , December 2017, , Pages 23-34

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2016.40993

Abstract
  The Miocene sediments in Neyriz region crop out  in Zagros Crushed Zone, between Zagros Main Fault and Zagros Ophiolite Zone. For paleoenvironmental studies of these sediments, two stratigraphic sections (Kuh-e Asaki and Horgan sections) have been measured and sampled. The thicknesses of these two ...  Read More

Petrography and geochemistry of the Neyriz Miocene sediments (RoshanKuh and Kuh-e Asaki sections): implication for provenance

P Gholami Zadeh; M.H Adabi; M Hosseini-Barzi; A Sadeghi; M.R Ghassemi

Volume 25, Issue 100 , September 2016, , Pages 3-18

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2016.40670

Abstract
  Petrography and geochemistry of the Neyriz Miocene sediments at RoshanKuh and Kuh-e Asaki sections were carried out to determine their provenance, tectonic setting and paleoclimate conditions in the proximal part of Zagros Basin. The Miocene sediments are limited to the Zagros Main Fault at the northeast ...  Read More

Structural analysis of Ahmadi anticline

M Hamidian Shirazi; A Saeedi; A Solgi; K Yazdjerdi

Volume 25, Issue 99 , June 2016, , Pages 133-142

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2016.40891

Abstract
  The Zagros orogen is located along the central part of the of Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt, and is one of the world’s youngest orogenic systems. Geological and deformational characteristics of this orogen are completely different from other parts of the Alpine orogenic belt. Of the most obvious ...  Read More

Three dimensionalupper crustal structure of the eastern Zagros (Iran) using local tomography

Z Mohammadipour; F Yaminifard; M Tatar

Volume 25, Issue 98 , March 2016, , Pages 67-72

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2016.41162

Abstract
  Nearly one-third of the shortening in Iran plateau due to Arabia-Eurasia convergence is accommodated in the Zagros fold and thrust belt, which is seismically one of the most active regions among the continental collision zones in the world. Deploying a temporary seismic network in the north of Bandar ...  Read More

Comparative biostratigraphy of Asmari Formation in Maleh-Kuh and Amiran anticlines, Lorestan, Zagros basin, based on benthic foraminifera

M Mohammadi; H Amiri Bakhtiar; F Amraee

Volume 25, Issue 98 , March 2016, , Pages 191-198

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2016.41203

Abstract
  This study aimed to compare Asmari Formation in two sections in Maleh-Kuh and Amiran anticlines based on benthonic foraminifera. In this study, 26 species and 16 genera of benthonic foraminifera from the Maleh-Kuh section yielded 2 biozones of  Elphidiumsp. 14 – Peneroplis, farsenensisandBorelismelocurdica ...  Read More

Albian ammonites of the Kazhdumi Formation in the Nar section, east of Bushehr (Zagros zone)

A Asadi; M.R Majidi fard; S.H Vazirii; M Yousefi rad

Volume 25, Issue 98 , March 2016, , Pages 199-212

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2016.41205

Abstract
  Considering  importance of ammonite fauna in biostratigraphy and sedimentary basins and due to the lack of studies on the ammonite fauna in the Kazhdumi Formation, the Nar stratigraphic section was selected and studied in the coastal Fars, northeast of Kangan (East Bushehr). The formation with a ...  Read More

The effect of detachment surfaces on folding geometries in Babahabib and Sarkan oilfields (Central Lurestan region, Northwest Zagros)

A Shamszadeh; S.A Alavi; M Valinejad; M Tavakoli Yaraki

Volume 25, Issue 98 , March 2016, , Pages 321-332

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2016.41232

Abstract
  Babahabib and Sarkan oilfields are located in southwest of the Lurestan Province and 10km west of Pul-dokhtar City. The study area is situated in the Lurestan tectonostratigraphic region, northwest of the folded Zagros structural sub-zone. Although the Lurestan region is part of the Zagros sedimentary ...  Read More