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Introduction
Major interest on diagenetic processes and provenance of the Paleozoic successions exposed outcrops in Northern Iraq.
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April 2004 - May 2016
Position
- Lecturer
Description
- • Lecturer at the department of geology, Salahaddin University in Erbil, Iraq since 2004. •M.Sc. in 2000 and Ph.D. in 2012 from Baghdad University, Iraq. • Postdoctoral/ Warsaw University-Poland 2014.
Education
September 2009 - April 2012
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A combination of high resolution cathodoluminsecnce-spectroscopy (HRS-CL) with spatial electron microprobe analysis and optical microscopy is used to determine paragenesis and history of cementation in the limestones and dolostones of Khurmala Formation which is exposed in many parts of northern Iraq. Khurmala Formation was subjected to different d...
The carbonate rocks of Late Triassic Baluti Formation in Sararu outcrop,
Northern Thrust Zone, Northern Iraqi Kurdistan region consist of brecciated marly
limestone and sandy dolomitic limestone interbedded with shale that characterized
by complex heterogeneity. The microscopic description of the porosity types and
diagenetic processes controlled i...
The Upper Triassic Kurra Chine Formation in the Sarta oil field of the Kurdistan Region of Northern Iraq has garnered limited attention, notwithstanding the keen interest of numerous international oil companies in drilling wells within this geological epoch. This study endeavors to thoroughly investigate the Formation Evaluation and petrophysical p...
Palynofacies (PF) analysis was conducted on 34 crushed samples of the Upper Triassic Kurra Chine Formation. These samples were collected from one outcrop sample and two production wells in northern Iraq. A 10μm nylon mesh sieve was used for the concentration of palynomorphs. Four palynofacies types were found in this study. PF1 was characterized pr...
The current research deal with evaluating the Late Triassic Kurra Chine Formation using the
Rock-Eval Pyrolysis technique in selected wells in Sarta-2 and Tawke-17 Oil fields, and the
Sirwan Valley outcrop, in Northern Iraq. A total of twenty-six samples were selected for this
study; nineteen cuttings samples from the wells and seven outcrop sam...
The current research deal with evaluating the Late Triassic Kurra Chine Formation using the Rock-Eval Pyrolysis technique in selected wells in Sarta-2 and Tawke-17 Oil fields, and the Sirwan Valley outcrop, in Northern Iraq. A total of twenty-six samples were selected for this study; nineteen cuttings samples from the wells and seven outcrop sample...
Abstract
The study of carbonate petrography is essential for understanding reservoir properties and the quality of rock formations. High-resolution cathodoluminescence spectroscopy and optical microscopy were used to determine the impact of cement on the porosity evolution of carbonate rocks of the Kurra Chine Formation at Sirwan Valley, Northern I...
The microfacies analysis and porosity evolution of the Khurmala Formation (Paleocene-Early Eocene) were studied in the Gomaspan and Sheraswar sections in the High Folded Zone, northeastern Erbil City, Kurdistan Region (N-Iraq). Lithologically, the Khurmala Formation in the Gomaspan section is about 23.5 m comprised of thick to massive bedded brecci...
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We present new zircon U/Pb provenance data using laser ablation induced coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (LA-ICP-MS) for eight samples of mature quartz arenites and subarkosic sandstones of the Lower Ordovician Khabour Formation, northern Iraq, to establish their depositional age and provenance. The samples were collected from thinly- to m...
Facies analysis and depositional environment of Baluti Formation (Late Triassic) were studied from the Galley Derash section in the High Folded Zone and Sararu section in Northern Thrust Zone, from Duhok area, Kurdistan region, Northern Iraq. Lithologically, the Galley Derash section comprises 73 m brecciated dolomitic marly limestone, bedded dolom...
The Baluti Formation in the Galley Derash locality is comprised of 73 m brecciated dolomitic limestone in the lower part, alternating with thin bedded dolomitic limestone and dark gray shale in the middle part, then thin to medium bedded brecciated sandy limestone interbedded with dark grey shale in its upper part. The sum of 21 thin sections of th...
Advanced techniques such as scanning electron microscope hot- cathodoluminescence (SEM-CL) and electron probe microanalysis (EMP) as well as petrography are applied to investigate the paragenetic sequence and provenance of intertidal-tidal flat sandstones of the Ora Formation which is exposed in northern Iraq. The Formation consists mostly of super...
Quartz cements of the quartz arenitic sandstones from the Chalky Nasara and Ora sections of the (Devonian-Carboniferous)
Ora Formation in northern Iraq have been studied. A combination of hot cathodoluminescence, LA-ICP-MS, and fluid inclusion
microthermometry revealed three syntaxial quartz cement generations (Q1, Q2, and Q3). The early Q1 cementa...
Outcrops of the Paleozoic Chalki volcanic rocks are restricted to part of the northern Thrust Zone of Iraq close to Iraqi-Turkish border. Petrographically, the volcanic rocks from the Chalki area are mainly layered, appearing fresh in the field and exhibiting some basaltic lava flows. Porphyritic, amygdaloidal, and microlite-porphyric are the main...
Abstract
The Ordovician deltaic to shallow marine Khabour Formation in Northern Iraq consists mainly of sandstone with minor siltstone and interbedded shale. The sandstones are pervasively cemented by quartz that resulted in very little preserved primary porosity. Cathodoluminescence and petrographic studies showed that the silica cementation occ...
