The Significance Diachronous Age as an Indicator of the Southeast Advance of the Zagros Orogenic Belt During Campanian, NE. Iraq

Section: Research Paper
Issue
Vol. 13 No. 2 (2013): Volume 13 Issue 2
Published
Jun 24, 2025
Pages
1-14

Abstract

The contact between Bekhme and Shiranish Formations is studied paleontologically in Bekhme gorge and Rawanduz area. The nannofossils are used to prove that the age of the base of the Shiranish Formation is lower late Campanian and middle Campanian in Bekhme gorge and Rawanduz area respectively. The older age of the Rawanduz area is attributed to early drowning (flexing downward) of the forebulge of the Arabian platform due to southwest propagation of tectonic load of the Zagros Orogen during early stage of collision of Afro-Arabian and Iranian plates by which the Tethys ocean closed later.

Authors

Kamal H. Karim
Omar A. Al-Badrani
Rabeea K. Znad

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https://doi.org/10.33899/earth.2013.79657
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H. Karim, K., ربيع, A. Al-Badrani, O., كمال, K. Znad, R., & عمر. (2025). The Significance Diachronous Age as an Indicator of the Southeast Advance of the Zagros Orogenic Belt During Campanian, NE. Iraq. Iraqi National Journal of Earth Science (INJES), 13(2), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.33899/earth.2013.79657

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