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<p>The foraminiferal contents of the lower–middle Miocene succession exposed in three sections in north Nur Abad on the northwestern side of the High Zagros Thrust Belt were studied. Assemblages of larger foraminifera from these sections can be referred to Zone SBZ 25 (and the <italic>Miogypsina globulus</italic> and <italic>Miogypsina intermedia</italic> subzones), which correlates with the Burdigalian Stage. For the first time, planktonic foraminifera documented from the Nur Abad area document Lang-hian deposits in the High Zagros, the upper 20 metres of the upper Sayl Cheshmeh section being characterised by the occurrence of planktonic foraminifera such as <italic>Globigerina concinna</italic> (Reuss), <italic>Globigerina diplostoma</italic> (Reuss), <italic>Globigerinoides obliquus</italic> (Bolli), <italic>Orbulina bilobata</italic> (d’Orbigny) and <italic>O.universa</italic> (d’Orbigny). This association characterises the <italic>Orbulina suturalis</italic> Interval Zone.</p>
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The foraminiferal contents of the lower–middle Miocene succession exposed in three sections in north Nur Abad on the northwestern side of the High Zagros Thrust Belt were studied. Assemblages of larger foraminifera from these sections can be referred to Zone SBZ 25 (and the Miogypsina globulus and Miogypsina intermedia subzones), which correlates with the Burdigalian Stage. For the first time, planktonic foraminifera documented from the Nur Abad area document Lang-hian deposits in the High Zagros, the upper 20 metres of the upper Sayl Cheshmeh section being characterised by the occurrence of planktonic foraminifera such as Globigerina concinna (Reuss), Globigerina diplostoma (Reuss), Globigerinoides obliquus (Bolli), Orbulina bilobata (d’Orbigny) and O.universa (d’Orbigny). This association characterises the Orbulina suturalis Interval Zone.

Burdigalian-Langhian foraminifera of the northwest High Zagros Thrust Belt, southwest Iran

Department of Geology, Faculty of Science

Geologos

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The foraminiferal contents of the lower–middle Miocene succession exposed in three sections in north Nur Abad on the northwestern side of the High Zagros...

Burdigalian-Langhian foraminifera of the northwest High Zagros Thrust Belt, southwest Iran

Publié en ligne: 17 sept. 2021

Pages: 115 - 126

Reçu: 03 juin 2020

Accepté: 15 juil. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logos-2021-0012

Mots clés
Miocene, biostratigraphy, correlation, protists, Middle East

© 2021 Asghar Roozpeykar et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Burdigalian-Langhian foraminifera of the northwest High Zagros Thrust Belt, southwest Iran

Publié en ligne: 17 sept. 2021

Pages: 115 - 126

Reçu: 03 juin 2020

Accepté: 15 juil. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logos-2021-0012

Mots clésMiocene, biostratigraphy, correlation, protists, Middle East

© 2021 Asghar Roozpeykar et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Miocene, biostratigraphy, correlation, protists, Middle East