Geology Of Kurdistan, Iraq

Saad Z JassimHeritage Oil

Northerly Movement of the Arabian Plate

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

20Ma-Present

Volcanics

Arabian Plate

Arabian Plate Boundary

Iranian PlatesArabian PlateDismemberedOceanic Crust

Regional geology

Boundary of The High Folded Zone in Qara Dagh and Bazian

55-60 My

50 My

25 My 8 My

Qara Dagh

Bazian

Chemchemal

Miran profile along seismic line 5

Line HEML-08-05

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Bazian Anticline

Sara Anticline

Injana (U Fars) Formation (U Miocene) near Erbil

Fatha (L Fars Formation) Formation (M Miocene) along SW limb of Bazian North

Gypsum Quarries

L Fars Pila SpiU Fars

Bazian North

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Fatha (L Fars ) Formation (M Miocene) :Thickness ~300m near Miran

Pila Spi Formation (U Eocene) on SW limb of Bazian

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Gercus Formation (M Eocene) in southern part of Miran reaches 130m

15Sinjar Formation (L Eocene) totals 220m in Miran

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Kolosh Formation (M-U Palaeocene) ~700m in Miran

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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

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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

QamchuqaRampfacies

BalamboOuter gentle slope

faciesBalambo

Steep Slope facies

Other possible ramp to the

east?N

Kometan/Qamchuqa/Sarmord Formations In Middle Section Of Pira Magrun

Sarmord

Kometan

QamchuqaSlope facies

Balambo Formation (Berriasian-L Turonian) up to 800m near Sulaimaniya, 440m in Miran

Balambo Formation (Berriasian-Early Turonian) slope facies in Jabal Azmur

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Qamchuqa Formation (Aptian-Albian) in Geli Tabin on 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

28Sarmord Formation (Valanginian-Barremian) in Zewi gorge ( ~360m in Miran)

Geological Map Of The Surrounding Of Ranya Town

Ranya Town

The Jurassic Section Near Ranya Town

L Jurassic (Sarki & Sehkaniyan)

M-U Jurassic (Sargelu-Naokelekan

Barsarin and Chia Gara)

L CretaceousSarmord

Aptian-AlbianQamchuqa

Ranya Town

Chia Gara (Tithonian-Berriasian)

Sarmord

View NW From Barsarin Village, NE of Erbil ( <100m in Miran)

Qamchuqa

Naokelekan (M Jurassic)

Barsarin (U Jurassic)

Barsarin (U Jurassic) and Naokelekan (M Jurassic), Barsarin Village, NE of Erbil

Sargelu (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

Northern Iraq

Northern Part Of NE Iraq

Southern Part Of NE Iraq