oa The Late Permian-Early Triassic Khuff Formation in the Middle-East: Sequence Biostratigraphy and Palaeoenvironments by Means of Calcareous Algae and Foraminifers

The carbonates and evaporites of the Late Permian Khuff Formation form widespread reservoirs across the Arabian plate and concentrate<br>the biggest gas resources in the world. The material studied includes 1500 samples from outcrops in Iran (Zagros), Turkey, Saudi<br>Arabia and South China. The objectives of the study were (1) to build a robust biotratigraphic framework based on a detailed description<br>of algal-foraminiferal biotic content, (2) to characterize the depositional environments and their temporal successions during the Late<br>Permian and Early Triassic.