Foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the lower Miocene Hamzian and Arashtanab sections (NW Iran), northern margin of the Tethyan Seaway

Abaie, 1964, History and development of the Alborz and Sarajeh fields of Central Iran, Bulletin of Iranian Petroleum Institute, 15, 561 Adams, 1970, A reconsideration of the East Indian Letter Classification of the Tertiary, British Museum (Natural History), 19, 87 Adams, 1967, Asmari biostratigraphy: National Iranian Oil Operating Companies, Geological and Exploration Division, 34 Agard, 2005, Convergence history across Zagros (Iran): constraints from collisional and earlier deformation, International Journal of Earth Sciences, 94, 401, 10.1007/s00531-005-0481-4 Agard, 2011, Zagros orogeny: a subduction-dominated process, Geological Magazine, 5, 692, 10.1017/S001675681100046X Alavi, 2004, Regional stratigraphy of the Zagros fold-thrust belt of Iran and its proforeland evolution, American Journal of Science, 304, 1, 10.2475/ajs.304.1.1 Alavi, 2007, Structures of the Zagros fold-thrust belt in Iran, American Journal of Science, 307, 1064, 10.2475/09.2007.02 Allen, 2003, Accommodation of late Cenozoic oblique shortening in the Alborz range, northern Iran, Journal of Structural Geology, 25, 659, 10.1016/S0191-8141(02)00064-0 Amato, 1969, How to measure the angle γ in the Miogypsinidae, Revista Española de Micropaleontología, 1, 19 Amirshahkarami, 2007, Sedimentary facies and sequence stratigraphy of the Asmari Formation at chaman-Bolbol, Zagros Basin, Iran, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 29, 947, 10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.06.008 Azizi, 2009, Review of the tectonic setting of Cretaceous to Quaternary volcanism in northwestern Iran, Journal of Geodynamics, 47, 167, 10.1016/j.jog.2008.12.002 Berberian, 1981, Towards a paleogeography and tectonic evolution of Iran, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 18, 210, 10.1139/e81-019 Bina, 1986, Palaeomagnetism, petrology and geochronology of tertiary magmatic and sedimentary units from Iran, Tectonophysics, 121, 303, 10.1016/0040-1951(86)90050-8 Blanc, 2003, Structural styles in the Zagros simple folded zone, Iran, Journal of the Geological Society, 160, 401, 10.1144/0016-764902-110 Bozorgnia, 1965, Qum Formation stratigraphy of the Central Basin of Iran and its intercontinental position, 1 Bozorgnia, 1966, Qom formation stratigraphy of the Central Basin of Iran and its intercontinental position, Iran Petroleum Institute Bulletin, 24, 69 Byrne, 1992, Great thrust earthquakes and aseismic slip along the plate boundary of the Makran subduction zone, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 97, 449, 10.1029/91JB02165 Cahuzac, 1997, Essai de biozonation de l’Oligo-Miocène dans les bassins européens à l’aide des grands foraminifères néritiques, Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, 168, 155 Daneshian, 2007, Early Miocene benthic foraminifera and biostratigraphy of the Qom Formation, Deh Namak, central Iran, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 29, 844, 10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.06.003 Dewey, 1973, Plate tectonics and the evolution of the Alpine system, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 84, 3137, 10.1130/0016-7606(1973)84<3137:PTATEO>2.0.CO;2 Dill, 2010, The Asmari Formation, north of the Gachsaran (Dill anticline), southwest Iran: facies analysis, depositional environments and sequence stratigraphy, Carbonates and Evaporites, 25, 145, 10.1007/s13146-010-0021-6 Drooger, 1993 Ehrenberg, 2007, Strontium isotope stratigraphy of the Asmari Formation (Oligocene-Lower Miocene), SW Iran, Journal of Petroleum Geology, 30, 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2007.00107.x Emami, 1997 Emami, 2012 Falcon, 1967, The geology of the north-east margin of the Arabian basement shield, Advancement of Science, 24, 31 Furrer, 1955, The Oligo-Miocene marine formation in the Qom region (Central Iran), Proceedings of the 4th World Petroleum Congress, Rome Section I/A/5, 267 Gansser, 1955, Geological note on NW Iran: National Iranian Oil Company, 76 Gedik, 2014, Benthic foraminiferal fauna of Malatya Oligo-Miocene Basin (Eastern Taurids Eastern Turkey), Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration, 149, 93, 10.19111/bmre.91054 Gedik, 2015, Benthic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of Malatya Oligo-Miocene succession (Eastern Taurids Eastern Turkey), Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration, 150, 19 Guoqiang, 2007, Carbonate sequence stratigraphy of a back-arc basin: A case study of the Qom Formation in the Kashan Area Central Iran, Acta Geologica Sinica (English edition), 81, 488, 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2007.tb00972.x Hakimzadeh, 2008, Late Oligocene-early Miocene benthic foraminifera and biostratigraphy of the Asmari Formation south Yasuj, north-central Zagros basin, Iran, Carbonates and Evaporites, 23, 1, 10.1007/BF03176247 Hottinger, 1991, The foraminiferal genera Pararotalia, Neorotalia and Calcarina: taxonomic revision, Journal of Paleontology, 65, 18, 10.1017/S0022336000020151 Huber, 1952, 48 p Jackson, 1984, Active tectonics of the Alpine-Himalayan Belt between western Turkey and Pakistan, Geophysical Journal International, 77, 185, 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1984.tb01931.x James, 1965, Stratigraphic nomenclature of Iranian Oil Consortium Agreement Area, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 49, 2182 Jones, 2006, On the stratigraphical and palaeobiogeographical significance of Borelis melo melo (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) and B. melo curdica (Reichel, 1937) (Foraminifera Miliolida, Alveolinidae), Journal of Micropalaeontology, 25, 175, 10.1144/jm.25.2.175 Letouzey, 2005, 79 Loeblich, 1987 McCall, 2002, A summary of the geology of the Iranian Makran. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 195, 147, 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.195.01.10 Mohammadi, 2015, Biostratigraphy of the nummulitids and lepidocyclinids bearing Qom Formation based on larger benthic foraminifera (Sanandaj–Sirjan fore-arc basin and Central Iran back-arc basin Iran), Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 8, 403, 10.1007/s12517-013-1136-6 Morley, 2009, Structural development of a major late Cenozoic basin and transpressional belt in central Iran: the Central Basin in the Qom-Saveh area, Geosphere, 5, 325, 10.1130/GES00223.1 Mossadegh, 2009, Salinity changes during late Oligocene to early Miocene Asmari formation deposition, Zagros Mountains, Iran, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 272, 17, 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.10.021 Motiei, 1993, Stratigraphy of Zagros, 536 Nadimi, 2007, Evolution of the Central Iranian basement, Gondwana Research, 12, 324, 10.1016/j.gr.2006.10.012 Okhravi, 1998, An example of mixed carbonate–pyroclastic sedimentation (Miocene, Central Basin Iran), Sedimentary Geology, 118, 37, 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00004-9 Özcan, 2009, Oligo-Miocene foraminiferal record (Miogypsinidae, Lepidocyclinidae and Nummulitidae) from the Western Taurides (SW Turkey): biometry and implications for the regional geology, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 34, 740, 10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.11.002 Pignatti, 2017, Oppel zones and their heritage in current larger foraminiferal biostratigraphy, Lethaia, 50, 369, 10.1111/let.12210 Rahaghi, 1973, Étude de quelques grands foraminifères de la Formation de Qum (Iran Central), Revue de Micropaléontologie, 16, 23 Rahaghi, 1976, Contribution à l’étude de quelques grands foraminifères de l’Iran. Parts 1–3, Société Nationale Iranienne des Pétroles, Laboratoire de Micropaléontologie, Publication, 6, 1 Rahaghi, 1980, Tertiary faunal assemblage of Qum-Kashan, Sabzewar and Jahrum areas, National Iranian Oil Company, Geological Laboratories, Publication, 8, 1 Rahmani, 2012, Biostratigraphy of the Asmari Formation at Khaviz and Bangestan Anticlines, Zagros Basin, SW Iran, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen, 263, 1, 10.1127/0077-7749/2011/0189 Renema, 2007, Fauna development of larger benthic foraminifera in the Cenozoic of Southeast Asia Reuter, 2009, The Oligo-Miocene Qom Formation (Iran): evidence for an early Burdigalian restriction of the Tethyan Seaway and closure of its Iranian gateways, International Journal of Earth Sciences, 98, 627, 10.1007/s00531-007-0269-9 Sadeghi, 2011, Microfacies and sedimentary environment of the Oligocene sequence (Asmari Formation) in Fars sub-basin Zagros Mountains, southwest Iran, Facies, 57, 431, 10.1007/s10347-010-0245-x Schuster, 1999, Oligocene and Early Miocene coral faunas from Iran: palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography, International Journal of Earth Sciences, 88, 571, 10.1007/s005310050285 Şengör, 1984, 82p Sepehr, 2004, Structural framework of the Zagros fold–thrust belt, Iran, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 21, 829, 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2003.07.006 Setudehnia, 1972, Stratigraphic lexicon of Iran, Union International des Sciences Geologiques, 3, 320 Seyrafian, 2000, Microfacies and depositional environments of the Asmari Formation, at Dehdez area (a correlation across central Zagros basin), Carbonates and Evaporites, 15, 121, 10.1007/BF03175819 Seyrafian, 1998, Microfacies and depositional environment of the Upper Asmari Formation (Burdigalian), North-Central Zagros Basin, Iran, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen, 210, 129, 10.1127/njgpa/210/1998/129 Sirel, 2011, Postmiogypsinella, a new Miogypsinidae (Foraminifera) from the late Oligocene in Malatya Basin, Turkey, Revue de Paleobiologie, 30, 591 Soder, 1959, 185, 58 Stampfli, 2002, A plate tectonic model for the Paleozoic and Mesozoic constrained by dynamic plate boundaries and restored synthetic oceanic isochrons, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 196, 17, 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00588-X Stöcklin, 1968, Structural history and tectonics of Iran: a review, Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 52, 1229 Stöcklin, 1973 Stöcklin, 1971, Stratigraphic lexicon of Iran Part 1: central, north and east Iran, 18, 1 Van Buchem, 2010, Regional stratigraphic architecture and reservoir types of the Oligo-Miocene deposits in the Dezful Embayment (Asmari and Pabdeh Formations) SW Iran. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 329, 219, 10.1144/SP329.10 Vaziri-Moghaddam, 2006, Depositional environment and sequence stratigraphy of the Oligo-Miocene Asmari Formation in SW Iran, Facies, 52, 41, 10.1007/s10347-005-0018-0 Vincent, 2005, Insights from the Talysh of Azerbaijan into the Paleogene evolution of the South Caspian region, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 117, 1513, 10.1130/B25690.1 Wade, 2011, Review and revision of Cenozoic tropical planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and calibration to the geomagnetic polarity and astronomical time scale, Earth-Science Reviews, 104, 111, 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.09.003 Walker, 2004 Wildenborg, 1991, Evolutionary aspects of the Miogypsinids in the Oligo-Miocene carbonates near Mineo (Sicily), Utrech Micropaleontological Bulletin, 41, 1 Wynd, 1965, 89 Yazdi-Moghadam, 2011, Early Oligocene larger foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Qom Formation, south of Uromieh (NW Iran), Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 20, 847