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Geology Of Kurdistan, Iraq. Saad Z Jassim Heritage Oil. Northerly Movement of the Arabian Plate. Arabian Plate. 20Ma-Present Volcanics.
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Geology Of Kurdistan, Iraq Saad Z Jassim Heritage Oil
Northerly Movement of the Arabian Plate Arabian Plate 20Ma-Present Volcanics Northerly movement of the Arabian Plate resulted in collision with the Anatolian Plates first producing the E-W trending anticlines followed by the stress introduced against the Iranian Plates in NE-SW direction resulting in NW trending anticlines of NE Iraq; some are overprinted over the Anatolian trend in N Iraq
Arabian Plate Boundary Dismembered Oceanic Crust Iranian Plates Arabian Plate
Boundary of The High Folded Zone in QaraDagh and Bazian Bazian 25 My 8 My 50 My 55-60 My Chemchemal QaraDagh
Miran profile along seismic line 5 Line HEML-08-05
U Fars L Fars Pila Spi Gypsum Quarries Bazian North Fatha (L Fars Formation) Formation (M Miocene) along SW limb of Bazian North
Fatha (L Fars ) Formation (M Miocene) :Thickness ~300m near Miran
GercusFormation (M Eocene) in southern part of Miran reaches 130m
Tanjero Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian) ~100m in Miran W, 800 in Miran E, 1500m in Pira Magrun and over 2000m to the east and southeast of Sulaimaniya
Shiranish Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian) near Dokan (two distinct parts). Reaches >430m in Miran-1
Kometan Formation(Turonian) in SW limb of Pira Magrun. Reaches 160m in Miran-1
Dokan Formation (Cenomanian) near Dokan (two distinct parts). 8m thick near Dokan but not recognised in Miran wells
Balambo Formation At Jabal Azmur East Of Sulaimaniya (~800m)
Facies Change From Qamchuqa (NW) To Balambo (SE) Along Pira Magrun Other possible ramp to the east? N Qamchuqa Ramp facies Balambo Outer gentle slope facies Balambo Steep Slope facies
Kometan/Qamchuqa/Sarmord Formations In Middle Section Of Pira Magrun Sarmord Qamchuqa Slope facies Kometan
Balambo Formation (Berriasian-L Turonian) up to 800m near Sulaimaniya, 440m in Miran
Balambo Formation (Berriasian-Early Turonian) slope facies in Jabal Azmur
Qamchuqa Formation (Aptian-Albian) in Geli Tabinon NW plunge of Pira Magrun (Top) vuggy coarse-grained dolomite and Jabal Sara (right)
Passage of Qamchuqa steep slope facies (massive beds) into Balambo (thin-bedded) in the Central and SE part of Pira Magrun as seen from Zewi springs
Sarmord Formation (Valanginian-Barremian) in Zewi gorge ( ~360m in Miran)
The Jurassic Section Near Ranya Town M-U Jurassic (Sargelu-Naokelekan Barsarin and Chia Gara) Aptian-Albian Qamchuqa L Jurassic (Sarki & Sehkaniyan) L Cretaceous Sarmord Ranya Town
Qamchuqa Sarmord Chia Gara (Tithonian-Berriasian) View NW From Barsarin Village, NE of Erbil ( <100m in Miran)
Barsarin (U Jurassic) Naokelekan (M Jurassic) Barsarin (U Jurassic) and Naokelekan (M Jurassic), Barsarin Village, NE of Erbil
Inliers (imbricates) of the Liassic Sehkaniyan Formation (Alan-Mus-Adaiyah and part of Butmah-equivalent) within the obducted Aptian-Albian Qulqula Radiolarian Chert