%0 Journal Article
%T FaciesAnalysisandSequenceStratigraphyofSilurianCarbonateRampsintheTuran(Kopeh-Dagh)andCentralIranPlateswithEmphasisonGondwanaTectonicEvent
%A Zohreh
%A NOWROUZI*
%A Asadollah
%A MAHBOUBI
%A Reza
%A MOUSSAVI-HARAMI
%A Mohammad
%A Hossein
%A MAHMUDY
%A GHARAIE
%A and
%A Farzin
%A GHAEMI
%J µØÖÊѧ±¨
%P 1276-1295
%D 2015
%X TwosectionsfromtheSiluriandepositsintheCentralIranMicroandTuranPlatesweremeasuredandsampled.Thesedepositsaremostlycomposedofsubmarinevolcanicrocks,skeletalandnon-skeletallimestone,shaleandsandstonethatweredepositedinlowtohighenergyconditions(fromtidalflattodeepopenmarine).Accordingtogradualdeepeningtrend,widelateraldistributionoffaciesaswellasabsenceofresedimentationdeposits,adepositionalmodelofahomoclinalrampwasproposedforthesedeposits.Fieldobservationsandfaciesdistributionindicatethat,twodepositionalsequenceswererecognizedinbothsections.ThesesectionsshowsimilaritiesinfaciesanddepositionalsequenceduringtheEarlySilurianinthearea.AlthoughtherearesomeopinionsandevidencesthatdemonstratedPaleo-TethysriftingphasestartedattheLateOrdovician-EarlySilurian,similaritiessuggestthattheTuranandIranPlateswerenotcompletelydetachedtectonicblockduringthistime,andthattheirdepositionalconditionswereaffectedbyglobalsealevelchangesandtectonicevents.
%K facies
%K sequencestratigraphy
%K Silurian
%K CentralIranPlate
%K TuranPlate
%U http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxb/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201504015&flag=1