[1] We use the GEOS-Chem chemical transport model to interpret observations of tropospheric ozone from the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) satellite instrument in summer 2005. Observations from TES reveal elevated ozone in the middle troposphere (500–400 hPa) across North Africa and the Middle East. Observed ozone abundances in the middle troposphere are at a maximum in summer and a mi...

in order to study biostratigraphy of the surgah formation in zagros sedimentary basin, two subsurface sections of this formation in maleh kuh and sarkan oil fields at pol-e-dokhtar area, lorestan province, have been selected. the thickness of surgah formation at maleh kuh and sarkan, was 82 and 46 meters respectively and is composed of shale with intercalation of limestone and calcareous shale....

the kashkan formation (paleocene to middle eocene), consists of conglomerate, sandstone, and siltstone in the zagros folded zone, southwest iran. type of the sedimentary facies, architectural elements and trace fossils show that kashkan deposits were formed in a low sinuosity braided stream system, with north to south flow direction. the formation displays coarsening-upward succession reflects ...

The Eocene Jahrum Formation in High Zagros was studied Kuh-e- Soukhteh and North Gahrou sections (southwest of Shahrekord region, Chahar-mahal Bakhtiari Province). This formation, composed limestone, marl, dolomitic limestone (dolostone), accumulated on a marine platform within the Neo-Tethys ocean realm. It yields rich foraminiferal fauna, which three larger benthic assemblage zones were ident...

Hypogastrura persica sp. nov. is described from the Zagros Mountains (Kermanshah Province, Iran). The new species can be distinguished from two nearest congeners, namely H. exigua Gisin, 1958 (Alps) and H. magistri Babenko, 1994 (Siberia), by the body size, the number of sensilla on antennal segment IV, the number of setae on dens and ventral tube as well as chaetotaxy of abdominal terga IV and...

This paper aims to present a new neotectonic perspective concordant with the seismic activities in Turkey and surrounding regions. The structures have been re-evaluated mainly by using focal mechanism solutions high-resolution satellite (Google Earth) images. Southeast Anatolian Wedge explains thrust/blind thrust asymmetrical folding relationship SE Turkey, Syria, Northern Iraq. of Turkish-Iran...

Abstract New detrital U–Pb zircon ages from the Sanandaj–Sirjan metamorphic zone in Zagros orogenic belt allow discussion of models late Neoproterozoic to early Palaeozoic plate tectonic evolution and position Iranian microcontinent within a global framework. A total 194 valid age values 362 grains were obtained three garnet-micaschist samples. The most abundant population included Ediacaran ag...