THE EMERGENT HORMUZ SALT PLUGS OF SOUTHERN IRAN

The extrusive salt plugs in the "gently folded zone" of the Zagros mountain belt are almost exclusively composed of Hormuz evaporites carrying exotic blocks, originating, at depths of 3.5 km below surface, dated as mainly late Precambrian.

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