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Sequence stratigraphy study of the Dariyan Formation in the Gadvan and Zana sections in the northeast and northwest of Shiraz, Zagros Basin, SW Iran

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In the present paper, sequence stratigraphy and microfacies of the Dariyan Formation in the two sections of the Gadvan and Zana Mountains located were studied in NE and NW of Shiraz (Fars province, SW Iran). An area of 429.5 m of the Dariyan Formation sediments was studied through 187 thin sections. Also, the index microfacies were closely identified. Generally, index microfacies of the studied thin section were mudstone, wackestone, packstone, and grainstone microfacies. Received paleontological data confirm Aptian–lower Albian age of the Dariyan Formation. According to the lithostratigraphic aspect, the lower contact of Dariyan Formation with the Gadvan Formation in the Gadvan Mountain was described as a gradual type and in Zana Mountain; disconformity was found due to the sign of water withdrawal. Given the upper contact of the Dariyan Formation concerning the formation percentage, contact disconformity was observed due to the changes in the Allochem element and the situation of the entity from water and also according to the high percentage of iron nodules and Gluconate. According to the sequence, stratigraphic studies in the section of Gadvan Mountain, the lower border of the Dariyan Formation with Gadvan Formation was in the gradual form [type 2 Sequence Boundary (SB2)] and there was a disconformity in the upper border of this formation with Kazhdumi Formation [type 1 Sequence Boundary (SB1)]. Dariyan Formation included the system tracts (transgressive system tract, early highstand system tract, and late highstand system tract). There was a disconformity in its lower of the Gadvan Formation and disconformity in its upper boundary with the lower of the part Kazhdumi Formation (SB1) and it included the system tracts (highstand system tract, transgressive system tract, and lowstand system tract). Overall, lap sequence grade3 was seen in the two sections.

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  1. Department of Geology, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch, Shiraz, Iran

    Masoud Abedpour & Massih Afghah

  2. Department of Geology, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran

    Mohammadsadegh Dehghanian

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Abedpour, M., Afghah, M. & Dehghanian, M. Sequence stratigraphy study of the Dariyan Formation in the Gadvan and Zana sections in the northeast and northwest of Shiraz, Zagros Basin, SW Iran. Carbonates Evaporites 35, 117 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13146-020-00650-0

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