Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph.D. Student, Department of Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

2 Professor, Department of Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

4 Associate Professor, Research Institute for Earth Sciences, Geological Survey of Iran, Tehran, Iran

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 sections are 424 and 440 m respectively and contain red and green sandstone, conglomerate and marl which are bounded unconformably between the Jahrum Formation and Bakhtiari conglomerate. Based on the field and petrographic studies, 14 sedimentary facies related to proximal, mid fan-delta; transition zone, delta slope and prodelta have been recognized for the Miocene succession. Due to the slope facies formed by the turbidity currents, grain fall and debris flows, the coarse grained clasts and poorly sorted texture, a fan-delta model is suggested for the succession. Also, the development of the slope facies indicates a paleo-slope and slope-type, deep-water fan-delta. The frequent intra-formational disconformities, irregular changes in grain size and present of gravity flows indicate an active tectonic sedimentary basin and reflux of coarse grained sediments (catastrophic events) to the proximal parts of Zagros Basin.

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