Continental trace fossils from Oligocene deposits of Binalood Zone, North Neyshabour

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Article 2, Volume 5, Issue 1, December 2012, Pages 46-60   

Document Type: مقالات پژوهشی

DOI: 10.22067/sed.facies.v5i1.7907

Authors

davoud Dehnavi; Mohammad Hossein Mahmudy Gharaie^* ; Reze Moussavi Harami; Farzin Ghaemi

Abstract

Both trace fossils and lithofacies of Binalood’s Oligocene deposits have been studied in Damanjan and Taghan sections, north Neyshabouer. Identified trace fossils include Arenicolites isp., Cochlichnus isp., Scoyenia isp., Steinichnus isp., Taenidium barretti, Horizontal U-shaped burrows, J–shaped burrows and Root trace. These trace fossils belong to Scoyenia ichnofacies, which can be found in sandstone layers. The studies of these trace fossils show that Oligocene deposit has been deposited in fluvial depositional system.

Keywords

Oligocene; trace fossils; Binalood; fluvial system