Volume 5 Issue 1

Published: 2025-06-25

Contents


Article
Petrography and Mineralogy of Jabal Sanam Gypsum Rocks, Southern Iraq

Basim Soltan, Abdul-Aziz M. Al-Hamdani, Abdul-mutalib H. Al-marsoumi,

Jabal Sanam is a salt plug, with cap rocks characterized by the presence of evaporitic sequence, where gypsum forms large part of this sequence. The field observations showed that gypsum occurs in...

DOI: 10.33899/earth.2005.36569

Pages: 18-29
Relationship Between Carbonate and Evaporite Rocks of Dhiban Formation end its Effect on the Dolomitizition of the older carbonate rocks,nw iraq

Nabil Y .AL-Banna Mumtaz A. Amin,

the study of dhiban Fn.(Early Miocene )included the examination of four core holes . three of them the Shiekh Ibrahim area and one from Sasan area -west of mousl city . the succession of carbonates...

DOI: 10.33899/earth.2005.41617

Pages: 16-31
Biostratigraphy of the Kometan and Gulneri Formations( Upper Cretaceous) in Jrmbor well No. 46, Northern Iraq

Tarik S. Abawi Saad A. Mahmood,

Thirty eight planktonic foraminiferal species were recorded from the Kometan and Gulneri Formations in the subsurface section of Jambur well No. 46, northern Iraq. On the basis of stratigraphic...

DOI: 10.33899/earth.2005.36564

Pages: 1-8
Biostratigraphy of Planktonic Foraminifera Within Shiranish Formation(Late Campanian-Middle Maastrichtian)in Butmah Well No. 15 Northwest Iraq

Sabah N. Hadad, Omar A. Nassery, Farouk S.AL.Omari Sabah N. Hadad

Eighteen plankonic foraminiferal species belonging to five genera have been identified within the studied section of Shiranish Formation in Butmah well no.15; which is divided into four biozones....

DOI: 10.33899/earth.2005.36640

Pages: 32-43
Paleocurrent Analysis of Upper Cretaceous Zagros Foreland Basin:A Case Study for Tanjero Formation in Sulaimaniya Area NE-Iraq

Ali M. Surdashy, Kamal H. Karim,

Tanjero Formation is an Upper Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) unit, which crops out within the Imbricated and High Folded Zones in Northeastern Iraq. Its outcrop stretches as narrow...

DOI: 10.33899/earth.2005.40990

Pages: 30-44
Evaluation of Organic Matter in the Yamama Formation at West Qurna Oil Field, Southern Iraq

Abdul-Wahab D. SalmanRafed A. Al-Mohamed, Abdul-Mutalib H. Al-Marsoumi

Yamama Formation (Valanginian-Early Hauterivian) carries a special economic importance, since it represents one of the well known oil reservoirs southern Iraq. To evaluate the organic material...

DOI: 10.33899/earth.2005.36559

Pages: 9-17
Gravity Study to the Northwest of Kirkuk Oil Field

Fawzi S. Ahmed, Marwan Mutib

The present study has processed the gravity measurements which were prcviously reduced to sea level, using a constant density of 0.22 along two parallel traverses located to the north east of...

DOI: 10.33899/earth.2005.36642

Pages: 44-55
Geological and Hydrochemical Study of the Zalim Spring, Shahrazoor, Sulaimania, Iraq

Salahalddin S. Ali, Diary A.M. Ameen

Zalim spring which is located about (50 Km) east of Sulaimania city, considered as one of the largest spring in Shahrazoor area. The spring mouth is a semicircular and coming out from a small cave...

DOI: 10.33899/earth.2005.36630

Pages: 45-57
Palynology of Ora and Harur Formations (Late Tournaisian) in the Well KH 5/1 in Westren Iraqi Desert

Amer Dawood Nader, Nazar Abdulwahid Moustafa

Four samples between the interval (8541157) m from the well KH 5/1 were studied palynologically, they represent Ora and Harur Formations. These samples yielded well preserved and highly diversed...

DOI: 10.33899/earth.2005.36643

Pages: 56-76
Study of the Reflection Anomalies Phenomena in Allan and Atshan Structures, Northwestern Iraq Using Remote Sensing Data

Rayan Gh. Al-Banaa, Bassam M.Al-Dewach i, Hekmat S.Al-Daghastani Rayan Gh. Al-Banaa

Time sequential remote sensing data were used to detect the changes in landuse and its relation with the environmental pollution, in the southern and northern limbs of Allan and Atshan structures...

DOI: 10.33899/earth.2005.36646

Pages: 77-87
Research Paper
Morphotectonic of Mushora-Dagh Structure North Western of Iraq Using Remote Sensing and Field Data

Hekmat Al-Daghstani, Ramzi Kh. Al-Nasir, Mumtaz M. AL-Jarjary,

A detaild morphotectonic study has been carried out for the Mushora Dagh Anticline. This anticline is situated to the northwestern part of Iraq about (95) km from Mosul City. The morphotectonic map...

DOI: 10.33899/earth.2005.40980

Pages: 1-15