oa Paleocene-Early Miocene Stratigraphic Framework of the Central Mesopotamian Basin and Its Implication on the Early Evolution of the Zagros Foreland Basin

The Cenozoic strata of the Mesopotamian Basin contain important reservoirs and seals, and they recorded the basin-filling history of the Zagros Foreland Basin. The Neogene clastic interval has been considered as foredeep and wedge-top deposits. The tectono-stratigraphic setting of the Paleogene interval has received less attention. We have revised the Paleocene-Early Miocene stratigraphy in the central Mesopotamian Basin to provide constraints on the early evolution of the Zagros Foreland Basin.