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LARGER BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES FROM SINJAR FORMATION, SW SULAIMANIYAH CITY KURDISTAN REGION, IRAQ | ||
| Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining | ||
| Article 1, Volume 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-17 | ||
| Author | ||
| Hyam D. Salih | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Late Paleocene – early Middle Eocene shallow-water larger benthic foraminifera were identified from the Sinjar Formation that crops out in the southwest of Sulaimaniyah city, northeast Iraq. The present study is applied in an area extremely rich in paleofauna, mainly represented by larger benthic foraminifera. Three sections were studied: Section 1 (75 m thick) and section 2 (135 m thick) in Baranan Mountain, near Qazan and Hazar Merd villages, respectively, whereas section 3 (62 m thick) is in Qara Dagh Mountain, near Sulekan village. In total 461 samples were collected representing all lithological changes along the three sections, and 492 thin sections were prepared and studied under binocular microscope. The benthic foraminiferal association documented in the study area belongs to 16 families. Thirty genus and twenty five species have been identified. Based on the identified species of larger foraminiferal assemblages, the age of Selandian – Lutetian is assigned to the Sinjar Formation, in the studied area. | ||
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