Module Specification
1. Module Title
Geology of Iraq (Kurdistan)
2. Module Code
PGE 301
3. Module Level
Third year students
4. Module Leader
Asst. Prof. Dr. Sardar M.
Balaky
Sardar.balaky@soran.edu.iq
Majaz Abdulrahman Malko
majazmalko@gmail.com
5. Teaching Semester
Fall Semester/2014
6. Credit Rating for the module
three
7. Prerequisites and corequisites
• The prerequisites include:
Sedimentology, Stratigraphy,
Mineralogy, Rocks, Petrology,
Paleontology, Structural
Geology, Historical Geology,
and Physical Geology; and no
co-requisites
8. Module Summary
• This module abridges all the
general information students
need to guide them during the
third stage of their selected
course at department of
Petroleum Geosciences at
Soran University. This brochure
also designates in details the
content of Geology of
Kurdistan (Iraq) course, the
names of academic staff who
will teach the course, and
what students will be likely to
do to make indisputable their
success in this unit. We hope
students enjoy the unit and
that students will find the
work inspiring and challenging.
• The work enclosed in this unit,
will provide a good source for
all students’ upcoming studies
in Petroleum Geosciences
accordingly that the energy
students put in will surely be
worth it.
• Good attendance at lectures
and tutorials is important to
give students a good basis for
work throughout the course. If
any students may experience
difficulty with this unit, is
important to sort things out as
soon as possible.
9. Module Aims
• The geology of Kurdistan (Iraq)
is a topic which attempts to
define and divide the
outcropped and subsurface
rock column. Dividing the
layers into small stratigraphic
units enable one to better
understand and deal with rock
beds. These small units
(formations) can be grouped
according to tectonic
development and depositional
history of the area.
10. Learning Outcomes
• By the end of this course, the
students will be familiar to:
• identify the tectonic zones of
Kurdistan and Iraq;
• - understand geological
history of the region;
• - recognize rock units
(formations);
• - use geological map;
• - prepare geological reports
about the area;
• - guess seismic risk of the
area;
• - predict groundwater
accumulation of an area;
• - predict oil and gas
accumulation of an area;
• - Find raw material for
cement, marble, and gypsum;
• - understand the
engineering properties of
formations.
• work safely in the field; and
• use suitable equipment and
instruments.
11. Syllabus
12. Assessment
Strategy
• Theoretical (60% of total
course marks)
• The average of three written
examinations will stand for
15% of the total course marks.
• The weekly quizzes will stand
for 6% of the total course
marks.
• The report and power point
presentation will stand for 3%
of the total course marks.
• A Final examination will stand
for the remaining 36% of the
total course marks.
• Practical (40% of total course
marks)
• The average of two
examinations will stand for 8%
of the total course marks.
• The reports about field trips
which be prepared by a groups
of 3-4 students have to be
submitted (at least three field
trips) will stand for 3% of the
total course marks.
• The average grade of several
practical reports will account
for 5 % of the total course
marks. Each group of 3-4
students or individual student
has to submit a report about
the laboratory work.
• A final examination will stand
for 24% of the total course
marks.
14. Learning Session
Structure
• The students attend two hours
lecture every week.
• The practical part includes lab
work and field trips. The
duration of lab work is three
hours and the minimum of
three field trips will be
arranged per semester.
15. Learning and
Teaching Methods
• The theoretical material would
be transferred by power point
presentation, black board,
posters, movies, etc.
• The students will be examined
every week for 15 minutes
(quiz). The students will be
asked to do homework every
week besides, two paper
exams per semester. There will
be one open book exam to
help students to use different
available resources such as
library, internet, personnel
communication, etc. to answer
questions. A power point
presentation (10 slides) and a
report (500 words) will be
another task that students will
be asked to prepare by the end
of semester.
• The practical material will be
also transferred by brief
presentation. The material
includes redrawing
paleogeography maps,
indicating source area,
geographic distribution of
formations and their
equivalents and etc.
• The students will be examined
every week for 10 minutes and
will be asked to work within a
group and write reports.
Furthermore there will be two
general paper exams.
16. Bibliography
• Buday, T., 1980: The regional
geology of Iraq, v. 1,
stratigraphy and
paleogeography: Mosul, Iraq,
Dar Al-Kutub Publishing House,
University of Mosul, 445 p.
• Bellen, R.C. van, H.V.
Dunnington, R. Wetzel, and
D.M. Morton, eds., 1959,
Lexique stratigraphic
international: Paris, v. III, Asie,
Fascicule 10a Iraq, 333 p.
• Alsharhan, A.S., and A.E.M.
Nairn, 2003, Sedimentary
basins and petroleum geology
of the Middle East:
Amsterdam, Netherlands,
Elsevier Science B. V., 843 p.
• Jassim, S.Z., and J.C. Goff, eds.,
2006: Geology of Iraq, first
edition: Brno, Czech Republic,
Prague and Moravian
Museum, 345 p.
• Different PhD dissertations and
MSc thesis inside and outside
of department. The
dissertations, thesis, and
papers are available on
internet, library of faculty,
Journal of Geological Society
of Iraq, Journal of Zankoy
Sulaimani, Journal of Kurdistan
Academician etc.
•
17. Authored by
Asst. Prof. Dr. Sardar M. Balaky