Volume 11 Issue 2

Published: 2025-06-25

Contents


Article
Determination some of Physical and Geotechnical Properties of the Calcareous Rocks in Kufa Quarry Using Ultrasonic Velocities

Haider H. Faraj, Emad AL-Khersan, Salman Z. Khorshid,

Ninety eight oriented hand samples were collected from five sites represent calcareous outcrop of Euphrates Formation. These sites were chosen as a completed recovery for a region located at Kufa...

DOI: 10.33899/earth.2011.5549

Pages: 11-36
Stratigraphical and Structural Geology of Hamdania Area from Geoelctrical Survey

Nabeel H. Al-Saigh, Yousif F. Eclimes, Zuhair D. Al-Shaikh,

In Hamdania governate a detailed geoelectrical survey for about 950km2 from its area has been carried out, through carrying out 53 VES measurements using Schlumberger arrangement. For most...

DOI: 10.33899/earth.2011.5555

Pages: 1-14
Strontium Isotope Ratios as a Tool for the Origin of Barite Mineralization of Marsis and Lefan Deposits/Northeast Zakho / Iraq

Faraj H. Tobia

Veins, vienlets, pockets and cavity- filling deposits of barite are found to be associated with Upper Jurassic Formations (Marsis deposit) and Upper Cretaceous Bekhme Formation (Lefan deposit). The...

DOI: 10.33899/earth.2011.5553

Pages: 1-10
Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina) kirkukensis n. sp., a new Larger Foraminifera from the Late Oligocene of Kirkuk Area,Northern Iraq

Imad M. Ghafor, Qahtan A. Mohammad,

ABSTRACTLepidocyclina(Nephrolepidina) kirkukensis a new Foraminifera is recorded from the Late Oligocene Baba Formation (Kirkuk and Bai-Hassan Oil Fields, North Iraq). The new species is described...

DOI: 10.33899/earth.2011.5554

Pages: 37-50
Hypogene Processes of the Gypsum Beds in Sangaw Sinkholes, Kurdistan Region, NE-Iraq

Bakhtyar M. Ameen,

The Sangaw region is located at the western part of Zagros orogenic belt at the boundary between Low and High Folded Zones, Sulaimani governorate in Kurdistan region. The area characterized by low...

DOI: 10.33899/earth.2011.5550

Pages: 51-64
Nannobiostratigrphy of Shiranish Formation in Balad Well No. 8, Northern Baghdad, Iraq

Omar A. Al-Badrani,

ABSTRACTEight samples of Shiranish Formation were obtained from Balad well No. 8, (northern Baghdad) central Iraq. Details investigated carried out identify calcareous nannofossils, where...

DOI: 10.33899/earth.2011.5551

Pages: 65-80
Biostratigraphy of Bluish Marl Succession (Maastrichtian) in Sulaimanyia, Area, Kurdistan Region NE- Iraq

Polla A. Khanaqa, Kamal H. Karim, Khalid M. Ismael,

Recently a new lithology is found at the middle part of Tanjero Formation (Maastrichtian) and consists of a bluish marl succession about 100m thick in Sulaimayia area. This succession is...

DOI: 10.33899/earth.2011.5552

Pages: 81-99
Research Paper
Relationship Between Geomorphic Landforms, Landuse, Drainage System and its Benefit in Water Harvesting of Badoosh Basin, Northern Iraq

Basman Hameed, Hekmat Al-Daghstani,

The importance of morphometric analyses of surface drainage basins are presented by developing of the relationship between landforms characteristics and landuse to benefit of it in identify...

DOI: 10.33899/earth.2011.5548

Pages: 15-32