Sequence stratigraphy of the late Campanian-early Maastrichtian Shiranish Formation, Jabal Sinjar, northwestern Iraq

The Late Campanian-Maastrichtian Shiranish Formation consists of deep-marine marls and limestones that were deposited in northern and central Iraq. In northwestern Iraq, in the core of EW-trending Jabal Sinjar, a 430-m-thick section of the Shiranish Formation crops out. The base of the Shiranish sec...

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Veröffentlicht in:	GeoArabia (Manama) 2010, Vol.15 (1), p.31-44
1. Verfasser:	Al-Banna, Nabil Yousif
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aaliji Formation anticlines Asia assemblages biostratigraphy biozones Campanian Cenozoic Cretaceous depositional environment folds Foraminifera Globigerinacea Globotruncanidae Invertebrata Iraq Jabal Formation Jabal Sinjar Jabal Sinjar Anticline K-T boundary lower Maestrichtian lower Paleocene Maestrichtian marine environment Mesozoic microfossils Middle East northwestern Iraq Paleocene paleoenvironment Paleogene Protista Rotaliina Senonian sequence stratigraphy shelf environment Shiranish Formation Sinjar Formation stratigraphic boundary Stratigraphy Tertiary upper Campanian Upper Cretaceous
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