Lithofacies, Depositional Environment and Relative Sea Level Changes in Deposits Attributed to Lalun Formation in Bahmoo Section, Poshte Badam Block

The Early Cambrian Lalun Formation in Poshte- Badam block has been studied in Bahmoo section with 550 m thickness, to illuminate its sedimentary environment and sea level changes. The field investigations, collection of 110 paleocurrent data, petrography, study of SEM images and XRD analysis of shale samples have been used for facies analysis, paleocurrent recognition and sedimentary environment reconstruction. The facies analyses imply 5 silisiclastic coarse grained (Gm), medium grained (Sp, St, Sh) and fine grained (Fl) lithofacies and 1 carbonate (dolomite) microfacies. The lithofacies, bipolar bimodal paleocurrent pattern and petrographic evidences such as the existence of glauconitic sandstones with high textural and compositional maturity imply deposition of these sediments in a Tidal Flat environment. Studying the relative sea level changes of Lalun deposits in this area imply two sequences which have been bounded between SB1 unconformities.