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

Arabian Plate
Dismembered
Oceanic Crust
Iranian Plates

Bazian
8 My
25 My
50 My
55-60 My
Chemchemal
Qara Dagh

Line HEML-
08-05

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

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

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

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

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

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Sinjar Formation (L Eocene) totals 220m in Miran

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

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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

Shiranish Formation
(Campanian-Maastrichtian) near Dokan (two distinct parts). Reaches >430m in
Miran-1
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Kometan
Formation(Turonian) in SW limb of Pira Magrun.
Reaches 160m in Miran-1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Geological Map Of The Surrounding Of Ranya Town
Ranya Town

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

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

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

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

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