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 […]
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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 […]
Type section of the Formations in Iraq: See related photos and GPS locations
Type section of the Formations in Iraq Dear Geologists, professor Kamal Haji Karim try to collect photos of all type sections of the Formations in Iraq. He tries to organize all photos in a report and the present below photos are part of that report. The aim of this report is helping our students to […]