Strati̇graphy and Structure of the Southeastern Part of Pi̇ramagroon Anti̇cli̇ne, Sulai̇mani̇ Area, Northeast Iraq

Karim, Kamal Haji; Khanaqa, Polla Azad

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“…These areas such as the Dokan Dam site and Harmetool anticline (near Sutga village) where a Qamchuqa, Dokan, and Gulneri formation is traceable to Zewe gorge laterally. Karim and Khanaqa (2017) mapped the area, including, the Zewe gorge, and proved the presence of both Gulneri and Qamchuqa Formations. The detailed study of Al-Qayim et al (2016) did not record any unconformity in the gorge, on the contrary, they recorded about 300 m thick of limestone and marly limestone between Sarmord and Kometan Formations but they considered this thickness as interfingering of Kometan and Balambo Formation.…”

Section: Zewe Gorgementioning

confidence: 95%

“…The same author stated that, in Iran, the correlative formations are the Dariyan (Aptian) and the Albian part of the Sarvak Formation of the East Zagros Mountains. Ameen (2008), Karim and Ameen (2008), Karim and Taha (2009), Karim and Khanaqa (2016), Al-Qayim et al (2016), and Karim and Khanaqa (2017) studied stratigraphy, sedimentology environments, tectonics, and oil aspect of the Qamchuqa Formation. While Karim and Ameen (2009), Al-Zaidy et al (2013), and Daoud (2021) studies microfacies analysis of the formation in different sections in Kirkuk and Sulaymaniyah, therefore the present study will not repeat the facies investigation.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Unconformity and Paleokarst in the Lower Part of the Qamchuqa Formation; An Example from the Arabian Carbonate Platform in the Zagros Belt NE Iraq

Karim

Tahir

2022

IGJ

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Northeastern Arabian Plate Margin is now part of the Zagros Collisional belt and extends nearly parallel to the Iraq-Iran border. The margin comprised, during the Early Cretaceous, of the Arabian Carbonate Platform which is poorly explored. This margin consists of thick carbonate succession and separates the Neo-Tethys Ocean (present Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone) from the Arabian Plate interior. The carbonate succession, as the Qamchuqa and Balambo formations, consists of more than 600 m of dolomite and reefal limestone. The present study focused on records and discussions of evidence of unconformity and paleokarst (UaPK) inside the Arabian platform in northeast Iraq. The study recorded this evidence inside the lower part of the Qamchuqa Formation and the pieces of evidence include limestone conglomerate, plaeo-solution cavities, erosional surfaces, widespread coarse and fine grain detrital limestones, hardground, extensive burrows of Thalassiniodes, and mineralization. The solution cavities shaped a complex network, developed inside fine-grain limestone and filled with yellow to brown ooid and detrital limestones. Most of these features are observable over more than 500 km2 in the Sulaymaniyah and traceable inside gorges and valley sides. Toward the north and northeast of the studied area, the unconformity changes to correlative conformity in the Neo-Tethys basin of the studied area where the sediments consist of laminated and graded detrital limestone (packstone-wackstone) and are deposited as a thick succession of calciturbidite that stratigraphically designated as the Balambo Formation. The result of the present study debates the previously claimed unconformities and uncovers many processes and features of the Northeastern Arabian Carbonate Platform Margin. Additionally, it reveals tectonic and paleogeographic settings of the Arabian Plate Margin that have application in searches for oil and better reconsideration of the geologic setting of the Zagros Belt in the future.

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Section: Zewe Gorgementioning

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Unconformity and Paleokarst in the Lower Part of the Qamchuqa Formation; An Example from the Arabian Carbonate Platform in the Zagros Belt NE Iraq

Karim

Tahir

2022

IGJ

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“…Omar, Lawa and Sulaiman (2015) found an imprint between tectonostratigraphic and structural with balanced sections in the studied area. Karim and Khanaqa (2017) studied the southeastern part of Pira Magroon anticline stratigraphically and structurally, they used nannofossils for the aging of intervals, and they showed that it is an asymmetrical anticline with a southwest plunge mainly in a few places, while it changes to overturned fold in others and is deformed by reverse fault. We also have recognized different fault types within the Pira Magroon anticline.…”

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Geomorphic Indicators of Folds Lateral Growth Using Satellite Images

Sissakian

Abdullah

Abdulkareem

2023

ARO

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Visual interpretation of satellite images is a very significant technique to recognize and interpret structural features, which indicate lateral growth of folds, the origin of folds, and dating of folds using the exposure dating method. In this study, Landsat 8 (ESSRI) and Google Earth images are used to recognize structural features at Pira Magroon, Surdash, and Azmar anticlines in the Sulaimaniyah vicinity, Kurdistan Region, north of Iraq. The mentioned anticlines are outstanding geomorphological and structural features in the Sulaimaniyah vicinity. The recognized and interpreted structural features include: en-echelon folding, domes, and Neotectonic indication. All these features are discussed in detail with many images to show the discussed cases, most of the interpreted data and presented figures are never mentioned previously.

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Strati̇graphy and Structure of the Southeastern Part of Pi̇ramagroon Anti̇cli̇ne, Sulai̇mani̇ Area, Northeast Iraq

Abstract: Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Explorationhttp://bulletin.mta.gov.tr

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Unconformity and Paleokarst in the Lower Part of the Qamchuqa Formation; An Example from the Arabian Carbonate Platform in the Zagros Belt NE Iraq

Unconformity and Paleokarst in the Lower Part of the Qamchuqa Formation; An Example from the Arabian Carbonate Platform in the Zagros Belt NE Iraq

Geomorphic Indicators of Folds Lateral Growth Using Satellite Images

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