Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51847#.VHfRFGfHRK0 Author(s) Manooseh P. Khavari Khorassani 1 , Fatemeh Hadavi 1 , Ebrahim Ghasemi-Nejad 2 , Reza Mousavi-Harami 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Departement of Geology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran . 2 Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran . ABSTRACT The Zagros basin, which trends NW-SE, is covered by a sea during the Paleogene, resulting in deposition of the Pabdeh Formation in the deeper parts of the basin. The thickness of the Pabdeh Formation in Tang-e-Abolhayat is about 221 m and it consists of purple shale at the base, gray shale, marl and marly l...
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