FACIES ANALYSIS OF THE OLIGOCENE SUCCESSION, KURDISTAN REGION

FACIES ANALYSIS OF THE OLIGOCENE SUCCESSION ON THE SHARWALDIR ANTICLINE, NE OF KALAR TOWN NE IRAQ   Kamal H. Karim*1 , Polla A. Khanqa , Khalid M. Ismail, Varoujan K. Sissakian *1  Department of Geology,  University of Sulaimani Published in: Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining, Vol.8, no.2, 2012 ABSTRACT The outcrop of Oligocene carbonate […]

Nannofossils Biozones of contact between Kometan and Shiranish formations

  Nannofossils Biozones of contact between Kometan and Shiranish Formations, Chaqchaq valley, Sulaimanyiah, NE Iraq Omar Ahmed Al-Badrani 1  , Kamal H. Karim2   and   Khalid M Ismail 3 *2  Department of Geology,  University of Sulaimani   Published In : Iraqi  Bulletin of Geology and Mining ,Vol.8, No.1,   ,  p 19-29,    2012 Abstract Nineteen species of […]

Causes of the Sulaimani earthquakes (seismic activity) during 1999 and 2011

 Causes of the Sulaimani earthquakes (seismic activity) during 1999 and 2011 By Professor: Kamal Haji Karim   Introduction        During spring 1999 series of earthquakes stroke Sulaimani City of about 2-4.5 degrees and according to Aziz et al (2000). They added that these earthquakes were resulted from two strike slip faults that are located in […]

Qamchuqa and Bekhme contact

NEW SEDIMENTOLOGIC AND STRATIGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE UPPER BOUNDARY OF QAMCHUQA FORMATION (EARLY CRETACEOUS) AT  NORTHWEST OF ERBIL, KURDISTAN REGION, NE/IRAQ   Bakhtiar   M. Ameen*    and   Kamal H. Karim*1 *1  Department of Geology,  University of Sulaimani  Received: 24/5/2007, Accepted: 14/5/2008  Published In: Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining, Vol.4, No.2, 2008 , p.1 -13 ABSTRACT […]

Flysch and Molasse of Kurdistan

  Concurrent and lateral deposition of   flysch and molasse in the foreland basin of Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene from NE-Iraq, Kurdistan Region Kamal Haji Karim*1  ,  Ali  M.   Surdashy and   Sherzad Tofeeq  Al-Barzinjy          Published in:   GERMENA  II,   2007, P.757-769                       Abstract   Flysch and molasse facies are recognized in previous studies […]