Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Department of Geology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

2 Instructor, Department of Geology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

3 M.Sc., Department of Geology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

This study deals with lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, microfacies analysis, and depositional setting of the Jahrum Formation in Chellehgah Sepidan section, NW Shiraz. Vertical changes in lithological characteristics led to recognition of 15 lithotypes. The Jahrum Formation, in this area, rests conformably (with a gradational boundary) on the Pabdeh Formation and is overlain unconformably by the Asmari Formation. Micropaleontological analyses based on benthic foraminifera (Nummulites striatus, N. cf. fabianii, N. gr. bullatus-garganicus, Spiroclypeus sp.) suggest a middle-upper Eocene age for the formation. Facies analyses allowed to recognize the 6 facies (including 12 microfacies) for the examined strata. The results also suggest that the Jahrum Formation deposited in a homoclinal ramp.

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