Sedimentologic and paleoclimatic reconstructions of carbonate factory evolution in the Alborz Basin (northern Iran) indicate a global response to Early Carboniferous (Tournaisian) glaciations
The Iranian Mobarak Formation recorded Tournaisian events through carbonate factory evolution Local controls, but also continental and global advents are reflected in its facies development Tournaisian glaciations influenced paleoclimate and species distribution on a global scale The Tournaisian Alborz Basin had a subtropical paleoposition rather than a temperate affinity