...Fig. 11 —East-west extension of Qeshm Formation (lower Fars). ...

... Belt. Previous earthquakes of the Bandar Abbas region The seismic history of the Bandar Abbas region is briefly presented here. For references see Berberian and Tchalenko (1976). Qeshm Island earthquake, 1360-1 Destructive. Strait of Hormoz, 1482-1483: A damaging shock at Hormoz and Oman. 414 M...

... (fault‐related and detachment folding). In some reflective seismic profiles, compressional low and high‐angle faults can be detected clearly in the southwest limb of the anticlinal structures. These faults die up‐section or sole out in evaporitic units of the Gachsaran formation. The horizontal...

...-dimensional pre-stack migrated seismic data in depth domain were used to depict the subsurface structure of the Shizigou anticline ( Fig. 2 ). We interpreted major geological features, including horizons of the Cenozoic strata, boundaries of the salt-bearing layer in the UXG Formation, and major faults, based...

... embayment, the presence of Hormuz salt in this area is debated (e.g., Nissen et al. , 2011 ). The competent group ( O’Brien, 1957 ), a single structural group that is dominated by carbonates and clastics, overlies the basement, and a mobile evaporate layer (the Gachsaran formation) is found in the lower...

... folds (in what is named here the Mughrah-Al-Kharj Transpression Zone), which laterally grade into the transtensive Central Arabian Graben System. Evidence for Plio-Quaternary strike-slip motion is presented here for the first time and supports previous contentions that graben formation occurred in Plio...

... in northern-southern direction, dividing Hormoz salt basin into two eastern and western sub-basins. The formation of Qatar-Fars uplift is highly affected by Qatar-Kazeroun fault in west which has become dynamic during different tectonic activity. The western range of this arc ends in eastern sub-basins...

...W. D. Gill; M. A. Ala ABSTRACT The Gachsaran Formation, formerly known as the “Lower Fars Series,” is exposed extensively in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains in southwest Iran, and forms the caprock at many important oil fields. During recent visits to this area, we were impressed...

... region with basal coastal clastics forming the Faraghan Formation ( Berberian & King 1981 ). During the second (Permian rifting) phase, the Hormuz salt was mobilized into a series of north–south and NW–SE trending pillows and ridges above pre-existing basement faults. Such early salt structures have...

... (Fm—Formation). The centroid depths of waveform-modeled earthquakes indicate that faulting is restricted to two structural levels located in the competent sediment cover units at 5–6 km depth and within the Precambrian basement at depths >11 km to 30 km (e.g., Talebian and Jackson, 2004...

... grades into marl of the Pabdeh Formation in wells on Qeshm Island ( Fig. 7 ). The Kalhur Member is present only in southwestern Lurestan. Toward the northeast it interfingers with limestone of the middle part of the Asmari Formation ( Figs. 3 , 11 ). The planktonic faunas of the underlying...

... Ganoweh and Kharg Island. At Kharg the expansion will be completed during 1969. Table 9. Iran-IOEPC, Rigs. Active 12/31/68 Type of Well No. Rigs Active Total Exploration   3  Lab-e-Safid 1    Qeshm (Gevarzin) 1    Sardarabad 1 (Rigging up)   Development   3...

... , The formation of mountain range curvature by gravitational spreading : Earth and Planetary Science Letters , v. 351–352 , p. 208 – 214 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2012.07.036 . Copley , A. , and McKenzie , D. , 2007 , Models of crustal flow in the India-Asia collision zone...

... in the Cretaceous. Further drilling is planned in this area in 1962. Lavan 1 .—On Sheikh Shu’aib Island; was drilled to 10,446 ft. in the Triassic formation but produced only water. Gachsaran 36 .—Was drilled to 9,725 ft. in 1961 to test the Cretaceous limestone but so far has produced only gas. Drilling...

... operated 4 land seismic crews throughout the year and conducted wildcat, outpost, and deeper pool exploratory drilling. Two of 4 wildcats were successful. In the later part of 1983, Aramco began production of nonassociated gas from the Permian (Khuff) formation in Ghawar. Oil production decreased 22.8...

... and western part of the Zagros foreland basin where it may attain a thickness of 1500 m. This sub-lithofacies association is dominated by salt layers in the extreme eastern part of the Zagros (Strait of Hormuz) where it is called the Qeshm Formation. This lithofacies association is commonly highly deformed...

... JPEG2000 imagery from its National Imagery Transmission Format (NTF) wrapper using the Geographic Data Abstraction Library (version 1.8, http://www.gdal.org/ ). The resulting 8.5 Gb 16-bit unsigned integer geotiff is geocoded, reprojected to Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates and registered...

... models of continent-continent convergence zones Journal of Geophysical Research 1975 80 4405 16 Blanford W. T. A note on the geological formations seen along the coasts of Biluchistan and Persia from Karachi to the head of the Persian Gulf, and on some of the Gulf islands Records...