Structural style and timing OF NW‐SE trending zagros folds IN SW Iran: interaction with north‐south trending arabian folds and implications for petroleum geology

J Vergés, G Casini, J Ruh, J Cosgrove… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The Zagros foldbelt–foreland system in SW Iran is a prolific hydrocarbon province with
known reserves of more than 90 billion brl of oil and 800 TCF of natural gas. Establishing the …

Stratigraphy, tectonics and hydrocarbon habitat of the Abadan plain basin: a geological review of a prolific middle Eastern Hydrocarbon Province

V Atashbari, M Tingay, K Amrouch - Geosciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
The Abadan Plain Basin is located in the Middle East region which is host to some of the
world's largest oil and gas fields around the Persian Gulf. This basin is a foredeep basin to …

Pliocene growth of the Dowlatabad syncline in Frontal Fars arc: Folding propagation across the Zagros Fold Belt, Iran

M Najafi, E Beamud, J Ruh, F Mouthereau… - …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The integration of biostratigraphy, strontium isotope stratigraphy, and magnetostratigraphy
allowed for the precise dating of the> 3.0-km-thick marine to non-marine foreland …

Interaction of inherited structures and contractional deformation in the South Dezful Embayment: Insights from the Gachsaran oilfield, SW Iran

A Shamszadeh, K Sarkarinejad, O Ferrer… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Identifying the timing, geometry, mechanism and multiphase reactivation of the inherited
structures on the structural style of the fold-and-thrust belt is important for hydrocarbon …

Interpretation of aeromagnetic data to detect the deep-seated basement faults in fold thrust belts: NW part of the petroliferous Fars province, Zagros belt, Iran

RR Pash, Z Davoodi, S Mukherjee, LH Dehsarvi… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Detection and delineation of basement faults are fundamental exercises in petroleum
geology. This is because such structures can guide later deformation and the associated …

Folding style of the Dezful Embayment of Zagros Belt: Signatures of detachment horizons, deep-rooted faulting and syn-deformation deposition

B Derikvand, SA Alavi, IA Fard, H Hajialibeigi - Marine and Petroleum …, 2018 - Elsevier
Defining the governing factors on the geometry of the Dezful Embayment folds, a major oil
province in the Zagros Fold-Thrust Belt in SW Iran, reduces the risks inherent in hydrocarbon …

Folding, thrusting and diapirism: Competing mechanisms for sha** the structure of the north Dezful Embayment, Zagros, Iran

M Najafi, J Vergés, N Etemad‐Saeed… - Basin Research, 2018 - earthdoc.org
Differentiating compressional growth strata from halokinetic sequences is not straightforward
in foreland fold‐and‐thrust belts where compressional and diapiric processes were coeval …

On the role of incompetent strata in the structural evolution of the Zagros Fold-Thrust Belt, Dezful Embayment, Iran

M Ghanadian, A Faghih, IA Fard, T Kusky… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Dezful Embayment is the most important fertile oil province of the Zagros Fold-
Thrust Belt. It includes several incompetent strata as basal and intermediate décollement …

Collision along irregular plate margin controlled the tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the Iranian Zagros fold and thrust belt

M Alipour - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
The Zagros fold and thrust belt (ZFTB) of Iran, aside from economic significance, is a natural
laboratory that holds valuable information about kinematics of Arabia-Eurasia …

Effect of inherited structural highs on the structure and kinematics of the South Dezful Embayment, SW Iran

A Shamszadeh, K Sarkarinejad, O Ferrer… - Geological …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Understanding the structural evolution of the South Dezful Embayment (SDE) in the Zagros
Fold-and-Thrust Belt (ZFTB) is significant for hydrocarbon exploration and production. The …