Hormuz Formation

Most exposures of this sequence are in the form of emergent salt diapirs within anticlines of the Zagros fold and thrust belt.

As a result of their involvement in post-depositional salt tectonics, the internal stratigraphy of the sequence is relatively poorly understood.

They are the lateral equivalent of the evaporite-bearing Ara Group in the South Oman Basin.

[1] The Hormuz Formation is known from a wide area of the Zagros Mountains and around and beneath the Persian Gulf.

[2] Halite layers within the Hormuz sequence form the most important decollement level within the Zagros fold and thrust belt.