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Open Journal of Geology (OJG) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in geology. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of geology. All manuscrip…
Fatemeh Moradian, Darioush Baghbani, Mohsen Allameh
This paper investigates the biostratigraphy of the Palaeocene-Lower Eocene sequences in the Bibi Hakimeh 2 subsurface/subterranean sections located in the Bibi Hakimeh Oil Field. The Palaeocene-Lower Eocene sequences are induced as part of the Pabdeh Formatio…
Sina Alizadeh
The salt domes of the west Zanjan (Central Iran) are the most important structures in the study area. They have been formed by the uplifting and erosion together under low humidity and dry and warm climate condition. The salt rocks with near to 200 meters thi…
Mohammad Kazem Hamedanian, Seyed Hamid Vaziri, Mahnaz Amir Shakarami, Mehran Arian, Naser Arzani
This research focuses on the lithostratigraphy and microbiostratigraphy implications of the Gadvan and Darian Formations in a part of Zagros sedimentary basin. The Gadvan and Darian Formations in the study area with a thick-ness of 520 meters consist of gray…
Khairiya M. Fawzy
The alkali feldspar granite of Gabal El Atawi is post orogenic granite originated from subalkaline magma in extensional suite. It is developed within plate tectonic setting and has A 2 -type character which generated from apparent crustal source. The petrogra…
Borzu Asgari Pirbalouti, Mahsa Moayeripour
Oil (bituminous) shales source rocks with variable amounts of solid kerogen type II are the conditions for changing the oil that is not provided for them. Each of these shales affected in temperature about 150 to 170 gallons of oil produced. Therefore by redu…
Ali Pourramezani, Soheila Bouzari
Alluvial fans are grouped in buildings which can provide important evidence of tectonic and climatic changes [1], Shahrud-Bastam area as structure point is located between Eastern Alborz structural zones in the north and central Iran structural zone in the so…
Abd Elhakim A. El-Badry, Abdelkareem E. Ahmed, Nabil A. Bader
The Egyptian Pharaonic temples are traditionally made of different stones (limestone granite, diorite, or sandstone and quartzite) shaped into large heavy blocks or as Colossal statues. One of these is the colossi of Thutmose II and Amenhotep III at Karnak te…
Anahita Keynezhad
Short Retraction Notice The paper does not meet the standards of "Open Journal of Geology". This article has been retracted to straighten the academic record. In making this decision the Editorial Board follows COPE's Retraction Guidelines . The aim is to pro…
Anahita Keynejad
Mangerak salt diapir is in the South West of Firuz Abad in Fars province, southern Iran and structurally, it is exposed in the simple folded belt of Kohzad Zagros. This diapir, now, is located in a transtentional zone in the overlapping parts of Koreh Bas rig…
Bahram Navayi Neya, Mehdi Alijani Ardeshir, Ali Aghajani Delavar, Mohammad Zaman Roshan Bakhsh
The three-dimensional response of buried steel pipes under vehicle loads is investigated using the finite element analysis. The analysis is conducted using the finite element program ABAQUS. The effects of the vehicle parameters, pipeline parameters and soil…
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Open Journal of Geology (OJG) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in geology. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of geology. All manuscrip… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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