biostratigraphy of the asmari formation, burujen area, iran

lithological characteristics of the asmari formation in the burujen area are: pelagic foraminifera wackestone-packstone; bentic foraminifera echinid packstone; bentic foraminifera corallinaceapackstone; coral boundstone and echinid corallinacea packstone to grainstone; corallinacea boundstone; corallinacea bryozoa packstone; rniliolid echinid wackestone; and bioclastic wackestone. the examined outcrops at the buldaji, chaghakhor, and tang-e kloreh locations are upper oligocene, lower miocene (aquitanian) and lower miocene (burdigalian) in age, respectively. age was determined by the occurrence of lepidocyclina (eu1epidina)-lepidocyclina (nephro1epidina)-nummulites,m iogypsina-lepidocyclina and neoalveolina melo group assemblage zones. consequently, the outcrops at the buldaji, chaghakhor and tang-e kloreh locations are synonymous to lower, middle and upper asmari formation.