Table 1 Summary of the point counting results; Q = quartz, F = Feldspar, Lv = volcaniclastic rock fragments, Lc = carbonate rock fragments, Ls = siltstone and mudstone rock fragments, Lch = chert rock fragments, Lm = metamorphosed sedimentary rock fragments, Lu = ultramafic (serpentinites) rock fragments, Qm and Qt were calculated according to Dickinson⁴.

From: Revised version of the Cenozoic Collision along the Zagros Orogen, Insights from Cr-spinel and Sandstone Modal Analyses

Unit	Age	No.	Q	F	Lv	Lc	Ls	Lch	Lm	Lu	Qm	Qt	TOT
Miocene clastics	Miocene	3	69	48	91	147	7	24	6	3	16.2	23.5	395
Miocene clastics	Miocene	4	35	4	93	88	6	90	1	6	9.91	38.7	323
Miocene clastics	Miocene	7	41	6	133	98	12	5	6	3	10.6	16.5	310
Miocene clastics	Miocene	10	40	18	143	102	6	5	18	2	12	13.5	334
Miocene clastics	Miocene	18	72	17	81	151	12	11	14	—	19	23.2	358
Miocene clastics	Miocene	20	11	4	49	210	30	9	—	1	3.18	6.37	314
Miocene clastics	Miocene	21	41	12	64	178	8	1	1	8	12.5	13.4	313
Miocene clastics	Miocene	30	3	4	46	177	54	12	7	—	0.99	4.95	303
Miocene clastics	Miocene	31	13	4	70	189	11	12	3	3	3.61	8.2	305
Miocene clastics	Miocene	32	7	—	44	233	9	7	—	6	2.29	4.58	306
Miocene clastics	Miocene	34	133	45	38	15	2	7	61	5	40.2	45.8	306
Miocene clastics	Miocene	35	85	30	79	58	5	3	42	3	27	28.7	307
Miocene clastics	Miocene	37	119	31	106	28	2	2	26	1	31.8	34.8	305
Miocene clastics	Miocene	42	107	34	127	35	—	—	6	—	33.7	34.6	309
Miocene clastics	Miocene	45	58	21	32	123	14	6	47	3	16.4	23.4	304
Miocene clastics	Miocene	46	101	11	66	82	—	8	36	—	32.6	38.9	304
Miocene clastics	Miocene	47	19	18	94	119	4	12	26	10	5.96	10.6	302
Miocene clastics	Miocene	58	54	9	115	88	9	11	18	2	15.4	21.6	306
Red beds-RoshanKuh	Late Oligocene	96	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	315	0	0	319
Red beds-RoshanKuh	Late Oligocene	227	—	—	—	7		1	—	304	0	0.32	312
Red beds-RoshanKuh	Late Oligocene	228	18	—	—	2	—	2	—	255	5.81	6.45	310
Red beds-RoshanKuh	Late Oligocene	229	—	—	—	3	—	14	—	286	0	0.99	303
Red beds-Tang Jukan	Late Oligocene	325	28	—	—	131	—	51	—	96	8.82	25.82	306
Red beds-Tang Jukan	Late Oligocene	330	50	—	—	52	—	98	—	101	16.23	48.05	308
Red beds-Tang Jukan	Late Oligocene	331	13	—	—	84	—	44	—	161	4.27	18.75	304
Red beds-Tang Jukan	Late Oligocene	332	23	—	—	115	—	72	—	92	7.61	31.46	302
Red beds-Tang Jukan	Late Oligocene	333	16	—	—	108	—	69	—	109	5.30	28.15	302
Red beds-Tang Jukan	Late Oligocene	334	12	—	—	112	—	81	—	98	2.64	30.69	303
Red beds-Tang Jukan	Late Oligocene	335	7	—	—	95	—	78	—	123	2.31	28.05	303
Red beds-Tang Jukan	Late Oligocene	336	31	—	—	126	15	61	—	83	6.01	29.11	316
Red beds-Tang Jukan	Late Oligocene	371	27	—	—	84	—	87	—	106	8.88	37.5	304
Sachun Fm.	Paleocene	410	28	6	46	140	4	79	—	12	7.94	33.97	315
Sachun Fm.	Paleocene	412	28	11	39	137	6	77	1	8	8.79	34.31	307
Sachun Fm.	Paleocene	413	30	5	76	83	3	83	—	9	9.87	37.17	304
Sachun Fm.	Paleocene	414	49	3	50	102	5	90	—	5	16.12	45.72	304
Sachun Fm.	Paleocene	415	54	3	47	102	5	85	—	11	14.98	45.27	307
Kashkan Fm.	Paleocene	461	36	1	49	—	8	172	—	42	10.06	67.53	308
Kashkan Fm.	Paleocene	463	67	1	36	0	2	159	—	36	20.93	75.08	301
Kashkan Fm.	Paleocene	464	27	9	45	21	6	110	—	88	4.90	44.77	306
Kashkan Fm.	Paleocene	465	9	3	1	66	1	63	—	165	2.92	23.38	308
Kashkan Fm.	Paleocene	466	21	—	—	10	—	186	—	83	4.95	69.31	303
Kashkan Fm.	Paleocene	468	31	2	1	5	—	196	—	70	3.64	75.16	304
Kashkan Fm.	Paleocene	469	17	—	21	35	3	160	—	79	5.45	56.73	315

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