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10.30495/ijes.2021.681578

Article Type: Original Research

Depositional environment and microfacies analysis: An example of the Asmari Formation in West Zagros Basin, Lorestan province (Iran)

Subject Areas : Mineralogy

Mohammad Rajabi 1 , Saeedeh Senemari 2 , Mahnaz Parvaneh Nejad Shirazi 3 , Maryamnaz Bahrammanesh Tehrani 4

1 - Department of Geology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Faculty of Engineering, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran
3 - Department of Geology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
4 - Geological Survey of Iran, Head of Control and Assessment Center, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2020-07-24 Accepted : 2021-01-22 Published : 2021-04-01

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