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MICROFOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES AND DIAGENESIS OF BALAMBO FORMATION FROM AZMER MOUNTAIN IN NORTHEAST SULAIMANIYAH, KURDISTAN REGION, IRAQ | ||
| Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining | ||
| Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-16 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hyam S. Daoud; Ramona Balc; Ghafor H. Sur | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A detailed Lower Cretaceous section of Balambo Formation, which is exposed in the Azmer Mountain, northeast of Sulaimaniyah city (Kurdistan, Iraq) has been investigated. Eighty four limestone samples have been studied for microfacies analyses and 52 clay and marl samples were investigated for calcareous nannofossils determinations. Most of the rocks consist of two main types of facies: Wackestone and packstone with radiolaria. The main diagenetic processes are represented by dissolution, calcitization, dolomitization, stylolitization, silicification and cementation. The calcareous nannofossils from Balambo Formation were studied for the first time from the study area. Based on the identified calcareous nannofossil assemblages, the studied rocks were assigned to the Upper Barremian. The calcareous nannofossil assemblages are dominated by Micrantolithus, Nannoconus and Rhagodiscus spp. | ||
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