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Nannostratigraphy and palaeoecology of uppermost Mozduran Formation in the Kopeh-Dagh range (NE Iran)

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The Mozduran Formation includes light-coloured, thick-bedded to massive limestone and porous dolomitic limestone and dolomite. In this study, 13 samples from the uppermost Mozduran Formation were taken from two localities and examined for calcareous nannofossils. A total of 19 species and 12 genera were identified in the Mozduran section and19 species and 13 genera for the Taherabad section. Based on these assemblages, the uppermost Mozduran Formation is assignable to Sissingh's (1977) biozone CC1 (Early Berriasian) at the Mozduran section and to biozone CC3 (Late Valanginian) at the Taherabad section. Thus, the formation is younger from east to west across the basin.

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    Fatemeh Hadavi & Lida Khodadadi

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Hadavi, F., Khodadadi, L. Nannostratigraphy and palaeoecology of uppermost Mozduran Formation in the Kopeh-Dagh range (NE Iran). Arab J Geosci 7, 1879–1889 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-013-0839-z

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