1. Geology Of Kurdistan, Iraq
Saad Z Jassim
Heritage Oil

2. Northerly Movement of the Arabian Plate
20Ma-Present
Volcanics
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

3. Arabian Plate Boundary
Dismembered
Oceanic Crust
Iranian Plates
Arabian Plate

4. Regional geology

5. Boundary of The High Folded Zone in Qara Dagh and Bazian
25 My
8 My
50 My
55-60 My
Chemchemal
Qara Dagh

7. Miran profile along seismic line 5
Line HEML-08-05

8. Bazian Anticline

9. Sara Anticline

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

11. Bazian North L Fars Pila Spi U Fars
Gypsum Quarries
L Fars
Pila Spi
U Fars
Bazian North
Fatha (L Fars Formation) Formation (M Miocene) along SW limb of Bazian North

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

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

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

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

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

17. 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

18. Shiranish Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian) near Dokan (two distinct parts). Reaches >430m in Miran-1

19. Kometan Formation(Turonian) in SW limb of Pira Magrun
Kometan Formation(Turonian) in SW limb of Pira Magrun. Reaches 160m in Miran-1

20. Dokan Formation (Cenomanian) near Dokan (two distinct parts)
Dokan Formation (Cenomanian) near Dokan (two distinct parts). 8m thick near Dokan but not recognised in Miran wells

21. Balambo Formation At Jabal Azmur East Of Sulaimaniya (~800m)

22. Other possible ramp to the east?
Facies Change From Qamchuqa (NW) To Balambo (SE) Along Pira Magrun
Other possible ramp to the east? N
Qamchuqa
Ramp
facies
Balambo
Outer gentle slope
Steep Slope facies

23. Kometan/Qamchuqa/Sarmord Formations In Middle Section Of Pira Magrun
Slope facies

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

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

26. Qamchuqa Formation (Aptian-Albian) in Geli Tabin on NW plunge of Pira Magrun (Top) vuggy coarse-grained dolomite and Jabal Sara (right)

27. 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

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

29. Geological Map Of The Surrounding Of Ranya Town

30. Barsarin and Chia Gara)
The Jurassic Section Near Ranya Town
M-U Jurassic
(Sargelu-Naokelekan
Barsarin and Chia Gara)
Aptian-Albian
Qamchuqa
L Jurassic
(Sarki & Sehkaniyan)
L Cretaceous
Sarmord
Ranya Town

31. Qamchuqa
Sarmord
Chia Gara (Tithonian-Berriasian)
View NW From Barsarin Village, NE of Erbil ( <100m in Miran)

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

33. Sargelu (M Jurassic), Barsarin Village, NE of Erbil

34. Inliers (imbricates) of the Liassic Sehkaniyan Formation (Alan-Mus-Adaiyah and part of Butmah-equivalent) within the obducted Aptian-Albian Qulqula Radiolarian Chert

42. Northern Iraq

43. Northern Part Of NE Iraq

44. Southern Part Of NE Iraq