R Sadeghi; A Saidi; M Arian; M Ghorashii
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In this study, separation of paleostress phases in the Khalkhal region has been doneusing paleostress analysis based on heterogeneous fault slip data and related slip lineations.The data have been measured and collected from the Jurassic, Cretaceous and Eocene units.To determine the sense of shear or ...
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In this study, separation of paleostress phases in the Khalkhal region has been doneusing paleostress analysis based on heterogeneous fault slip data and related slip lineations.The data have been measured and collected from the Jurassic, Cretaceous and Eocene units.To determine the sense of shear or slip, indices such as stratigraphic separation across the faults, kinematic indicators on fault surfaces, conjugate fractures, and tensile cracks were used.The data were analyzed with the help of inversion method. The results indicate that strike-slip regime is dominant in the region. Constraining the stress phases and comparison with the field and seismic data revealed that the third stress regime is characterized by avertical σ2and a NE-SW extension related to the modern stress regime, which is also compatible with the seismic data. The first and second phases of stress prevailed along NW-SE and N-S directions related to the paleostress regimes.Various investigations, including rose diagram analysis of faults and arrangement of structures show that the faults in the region are dominantly strike-slip and strike-slip with normal component, and the shape of the stress field in the region is prolate.
R Shabanian; N Ghanizadeh; M Mohammadi; N Roohi
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In this study, 60 samples have been studied from Carboniferous deposits of Khames stratigraphical section, 10 Km southeast of Khalkhal. The marine sequence of Khames stratigraphical section is about 163.5 m. thick and consists of gray to black Limestone and dolomitic limestone. The lower boundary of ...
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In this study, 60 samples have been studied from Carboniferous deposits of Khames stratigraphical section, 10 Km southeast of Khalkhal. The marine sequence of Khames stratigraphical section is about 163.5 m. thick and consists of gray to black Limestone and dolomitic limestone. The lower boundary of the under study section marked with yellowish limestones of Cretaceous and dark Sills with Faulted contact. The upper boundary of the Carboniferous strata is covered with Pliocene Polygenetic conglomerate disconformably. The Carboniferous unit studied here has not been named so far, so in this research, we have attempted to identify the stratigraphical position of the mentioned sequence. In this research 30 genera and 25 species of benthic foraminifera were identified similar to those reported from carboniferous strata of Qezelqaleh, Bagher Abad, Mobarak and Sardar formations suggesting a Late Visean to Early Bashkirian age for the Khames Carboniferous marine sequence.
R. Azimi; K. Seyed-Emami; A. Sadeghi
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The calpionellid biozonation within Shal and Kolur Formations in Shal region, SE Khalkhal are accomplished based on standard biozonation of Allemann et al. (1977). In this study, 5 biozones are introduced from Tithonian to Hauterivian:biozone. Biozone 1 belongs to Shal Formation ...
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The calpionellid biozonation within Shal and Kolur Formations in Shal region, SE Khalkhal are accomplished based on standard biozonation of Allemann et al. (1977). In this study, 5 biozones are introduced from Tithonian to Hauterivian:biozone. Biozone 1 belongs to Shal Formation and biozones 2 to 5 to Kolur Formation: 1- Crassicollaria intermedia Taxon Range Zone; Late Tithonian, 2- Calpionella alpina Acme Zone; Early Berriassian, 3- Calpionellopsis simplex - Calpionellites darderi Interval Zone; Late Berriassian to Early Valanginian, 4- Calpionellites darderi - Tintinopsella longa Interval Zone; Valanginian, 5- Tintinopsella longa - Tintinopsella carpathica Interval Zone; Late Valanginian- Hauterivian. Biozone 2 is also subdivided into the Calpionella alpina and Calpionella elliptica Subzones. Biozone 3 is subdivided into the Calpionellopsis simplex and Calpionellopsis oblonga Subzones. Based on this zonation, the Jurassic /Cretaceous boundary (Tithonian/ Berriassian) is defined at the Lower boundary of the Calpionella alpina zone which is equivalent to the Shal and Kolour Formations boundary.
