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Mass Extinction and Turnover Recorded at the Cretaceous–Palaeogene Boundary in the Izeh Section (Zagros Basin, Southwestern Iran)

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A detailed study has been made of the uppermost Maastrichtian–lower Danian marls of the Gurpi Formation, which are exposed at the Izeh section (central part of the Zagros Basin, southwestern Iran), and which were deposited above the compensation depth. The study has yielded diverse and abundant planktonic foraminifera, whose distribution allows the Cretaceous–Palaeogene boundary to be placed at about 1.5 m from the base of the studied series. Within this series, all the characteristic planktonic foraminiferal biozones are recorded. In addition, the results allow a model of extinction and turnover to be established.

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  1. Department of Geology, University of Tunis El Manar, Campus Universitaire, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia

    Dalila Zaghbib-Turki

  2. Petroleum Geology Department, Exploration and Production Division, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, Western side of Azadi Sport Complex, P.O. Box 1485 33, Tehran, Iran

    Bijan Biranvand

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  1. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Ciências da Terra, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Grande Lisboa, Portugal

    Rogério Rocha

  2. Faculdade Ciências e Tecnologia Ciencias da Terra, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Grande Lisboa, Portugal

    João Pais

  3. Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Caparica, Grande Lisboa, Portugal

    José Carlos Kullberg

  4. Geological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, USA

    Stanley Finney

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Zaghbib-Turki, D., Biranvand, B. (2014). Mass Extinction and Turnover Recorded at the Cretaceous–Palaeogene Boundary in the Izeh Section (Zagros Basin, Southwestern Iran). In: Rocha, R., Pais, J., Kullberg, J., Finney, S. (eds) STRATI 2013. Springer Geology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04364-7_33

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