Geological Society of America

24 Source to Sink, Proterozoic to Today: Erosion, Sediment Transport, and the Stratigraphic Record of Surface Processes (Posters)

Thursday, 19 May 2016
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Clearwater Room

MICROFACIES AND PALAEOENVIRONMENTS OF THE LOWER CARBONIFEROUS MOBARAK FORMATION IN THE SEYED ABAD SECTION,CENTRAL ALBORZ MOUNTAINS, IRAN

Paper number: 24-7
Program: Theme Sessions
Time: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Authors

Reza Mandalzadeh Presenting Author
Los Angeles, CA

Abstract

Carboniferous

rocks

outcrop

over

vast

areas

the

Alborz

Mountains.

The

Mobarak

Formation

outcrops

the studied

area

near

the Damavand

town

North-east

Tehran,

Northern

Iran. The

petrographic

study

produced

the

recognition

of sixteen

ferent

microfacies

types.

Based

microscopic

studies,

Three

facies

belts

have

been

characterized:

(1)

lagoonal

facies

belt,

(2)

barrier

(shoal)

facies

belt

and

(3)

open-marine

facies

belt.

Facies of Mobarak Formation in this section

deposited in a distally steepened ramp in beginning and deposited in a Rimmed Shelf in

continuation.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 48, No. 6

doi: 10.1130/abs/2016RM-275827

© Copyright 2016 The Geological Society of America (GSA), all rights reserved. Permission is hereby granted to the author(s) of this abstract to reproduce and distribute it freely, for noncommercial purposes. Permission is hereby granted to any individual scientist to download a single copy of this electronic file and reproduce up to 20 paper copies for noncommercial purposes advancing science and education, including classroom use, providing all reproductions include the complete content shown here, including the author information. All other forms of reproduction and/or transmittal are prohibited without written permission from GSA Copyright Permissions.