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Recent Research on Geomorphology, Sedimentology, Marine Geosciences and Geochemistry. CAJG 2019, 2022
Twenty-six rock samples were collected from Qarah Chaugh-Dagh section, 50 km northwest of Kirkuk ... more Twenty-six rock samples were collected from Qarah
Chaugh-Dagh section, 50 km northwest of Kirkuk city.
Succession, ca. 61 m thick, belongs to the Azkand
Formation. It is dominantly composed of fossiliferous
foraminiferal limestones, which can be divided in two
superposed units. Unit I is composed of fine- to
coarse-grained bioclastic packstone-type deposits, while
Unit II comprises fine- to very coarse-grained bioclastic
packstone- to boundstone-type deposits. In this study,
fifteen genera and with twenty-eight species of larger
foraminifera were described and figured, associated with
two species of corals and algae. Based on the distribution
of the larger foraminifera, two assemblage biozones have
been recognized in the Azkand formation. These assemblages
of larger foraminifera indicate the age of the
section is the Latest Oligocene (Assemblage zone I)
(Chattian) to Early Miocene (Assemblage zone II)
(Aquitanian).
Recent Research on Geomorphology, Sedimentology, Marine Geosciences and Geochemistry. CAJG 2019, 2022
Twenty-six rock samples were collected from Qarah Chaugh-Dagh section, 50 km northwest of Kirkuk ... more Twenty-six rock samples were collected from Qarah
Chaugh-Dagh section, 50 km northwest of Kirkuk city.
Succession, ca. 61 m thick, belongs to the Azkand
Formation. It is dominantly composed of fossiliferous
foraminiferal limestones, which can be divided in two
superposed units. Unit I is composed of fine- to
coarse-grained bioclastic packstone-type deposits, while
Unit II comprises fine- to very coarse-grained bioclastic
packstone- to boundstone-type deposits. In this study,
fifteen genera and with twenty-eight species of larger
foraminifera were described and figured, associated with
two species of corals and algae. Based on the distribution
of the larger foraminifera, two assemblage biozones have
been recognized in the Azkand formation. These assemblages
of larger foraminifera indicate the age of the
section is the Latest Oligocene (Assemblage zone I)
(Chattian) to Early Miocene (Assemblage zone II)
(Aquitanian).