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Lithostratigraphy of Iran

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Abstract

The Cenozoic Era begins at 65 Ma and continues to the present day (Fig. 4.1). At the beginning of this era, the earth was experiencing some tectonically-important evolutionary events that affected the geological and stratigraphical history of Iran. These results will be discussed below.

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Ghorbani, M. (2019). Cenozoic. In: Lithostratigraphy of Iran. Springer Geology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04963-8_4

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