Geology of IraqSaad Z. Jassim, Jeremy C. Goff This book is written by 16 experienced geologists with first hand knowledge of the geology of Iraq and deals with all aspects of the country's geology. The aims of the book are to present a synthesis of the geological history of Iraq and a description of its economic geology, and to provide a key reference for both students and professional geologists. It updates the text books of Buday (1980) and Buday and Jassim (1987). The book includes previously unpublished information collected during the regional geological surveys of Iraq carried out from 1970 to 1990. Each chapter has been extensively edited to create a concise text. The stratigraphy of Iraq is placed within a consistent tectonostratigraphic framework. |
Contents
PREFACE | 15 |
CHAPTER | 21 |
CHAPTER 2 | 27 |
CHAPTER 4 | 45 |
CHAPTER 5 | 57 |
CHAPTER 6 | 71 |
CHAPTER 7 | 84 |
CHAPTER | 91 |
CHAPTER 13 | 155 |
CHAPTER 14 | 169 |
CHAPTER 15 | 185 |
CHAPTER 16 | 199 |
MAGMATISM AND METAMORPHISM IN THE ZAGROS SUTURE Saad Z Jassim Miloš | 212 |
CHAPTER 18 | 232 |
CHAPTER 19 | 251 |
CHAPTER 20 | 288 |
CHAPTER 9 | 104 |
CHAPTER 10 | 117 |
CHAPTER 11 | 124 |
CHAPTER 12 | 141 |
REFERENCES | 303 |
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Common terms and phrases
Albian AMARA anticlines aquifer Aquifer System Arabian Plate Baghdad Balambo BAQUBA basalt basin Basra beds Bellen boundary Buday Bulfat carbonates Cenomanian chert clastics comprises conglomerate Cretaceous depression DIWANIYA dolomite Eocene ERBIL facies Fatha Fault Foothill Zone fossils Ga'ara gabbro Geological GEOSURV Graben gravity groundwater Group Hartha High Folded Zone hydrogeological inner shelf Iraq Jabal Jassim Jeribe Jezira Jurassic Kirkuk Late limestone lower Maastrichtian margin marl Mauddud Mawat Megasequence Mesopotamian Plain Mesopotamian Zone metamorphism minerals Miocene Miocene Carb Mosul mudstone N-S trending Nahr Umr NASIRIYA Neo-Tethys NW-SE occur ophiolites outcrops overlain overlies Palaeogene Palaeozoic Penjween Permian Qulqula RAMADI region Rutba Rutba Uplift salinity Salman Zone SAMAWA sandstone Saudi Arabia sediments seismic sequence Shalair shale Shiranish Sinjar source rocks Stable Shelf structures SULAIMANIYA SW Iran Syria tectonic thick thrust Tigris TIKRIT Tithonian Triassic Turonian unconformably unit upper volcanics Wadi Zagros Suture Zubair