"Geology of Iraq" ed. by Saad Z. Jassim and Jeremy C. Goff

The aims of the book are to present a synthesis of the geological history of Iraq and a description of its economic geology, and to provide a key reference for both students and professional geologists. It updates the text books of Buday (1980) and Buday and Jassim (1987). The book includes previously unpublished information collected during the regional geological surveys of Iraq carried out from 1970 to 1990. The stratigraphy of Iraq is placed within a consistent tectonostratigraphic framework.

This book is written by 16 experienced geologists with first hand knowledge of the geology of Iraq and deals with all aspects of the countrys geology.

Contents
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 History of geological investigations in Iraq
1.2 Morphology
1.3 Surface geology
1.4 Outline of the book
1.5 Data used
CHAPTER 2 LATE PRECAMBRIAN DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARABIAN PLATE
2.1 Tectonostratigraphy of the Late Precambrian
2.2 Precambrian Terranes
2.3 The buried Precambrian basement in Iraq
2.4 Summary of Precambrian evolution
CHAPTER 3 PHANEROZOIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTHERN ARABIAN PLATE
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Late Precambrian-Carboniferous basin formation and inversion
3.3 Extension and passive subsidence associated with the opening of the Neo-Tethys Ocean
3.4 Turonian-Eocene foreland basin formation and closure of the Neo-Tethys
3.5 Oligocene-Recent compression and continental collision
CHAPTER 4 TECTONIC FRAMEWORK
4.1 Bouguer gravity field
4.2 Total magnetic field map
4.3 Crustal thickness
4.4 Precambrian Basement Depth
4.5 Fault Systems
4.6 Basic structural units of Iraq and basis of zonation
4.7 Longitudinal Zones
CHAPTER 5 UNITS OF THE STABLE SHELF
5.1 Outline of major divisions
5.2 Tbe Rutba·Jezira Zone
5.3 Salman Zone
5.4 Mesopotamian Zone
CHAPTER 6 UNITS OF THE UNSTABLE SHELF AND THE ZAGROS SUTURE
6.1 Units of the Unstable Shelf
6.2 Units of the Zagros Suture
CHAPTER 7 SEISMICITY
7.1 Seism.ic monitoring in Iraq
7.2 Geodynamic considerations
7.3 Tbe crust and Mobo
7.4 Historical seismicity
7.5 Macro and microseismicity
7.6 Seismotectonics of Iraq
7.7 Seismic hazards
CHAPTER 8 PALAEOZOIC MEGASEQUENCES (AP1-AP5)
8.1 The Vendian-Iale Late Cambrian Megasequence API (lnfracambrian legasequence)
8.2 The late early Cambrian-early Ashgill Megasequence AP2 (Cambro-Ordovician Megasequence)
8.3 The late Ashgill-Frasnian Megasequence AP3
8.4 The Frasnian-Namurian modified Megasequence AP4
8.5 The Modified Westphalian·Ufimian (Syn-Hercynian) Megasequence AP5
CHAPTER 9 LATE PERMIAN-LIASSIC MEGASEQUENCE AP6
9.1 Late Permian-Mid Triassic Sequence
9.2 Late Triassic equence
9.3 Liassic Sequence
CHAPTER 10 LATE TOARCIAN-EARLY TITHONIAN (MID-LATE JURASSIC) MEGASEQUENCE AP7
10.1 The Mid Jurassic (Late Toarcian-Callovian) equence
10.2 Late Jurassic Sequence
CHAPTER 11 LATE TITHONIAN-EARLY TURONlAN MEGASEQUENCE AP8
11.1 Upper Tithonian-Aptian Thamama Group
11.2 Albian-Early Turonian Sequence (Wasi'a Group)
CHAPTER 12 LATE TURONIAN-DANIA MEGASEQUENCE AP9
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Late Turonian-Early Campanian Sequence
12.3 Upper Campanian-Maastrichtian Sequence
12.4 Danian sequence
CHAPTER 13 MIDDLE PALAEOCENE-EOCENE MEGASEQUENCE (AP10)
13.1 Mid Palaeocene-Early Eocene Sequence
13.2 Mid-Late Eocene Sequence
CHAPTER 14 LATEST EOCENE-RECENT MEGASEQUENCE AP11
14.1 Latest Eocene-Oligocene Sequence
14.2 Early-Mid Miocene Sequence
14.3 Late Miocene·Pliocene Sequence
CHAPTER 15 QUATERNARY DEPOSITS
15.1. Quaternary sediments of the Rutba-Jezira and Salman zones
15.2 Quaternary sediments of the Mesopotamian Zone
15.3 Quaternary sediments of the Foothill and High Folded zones
CHAPTER 16 TECTONOSTRAT1GRAPHY OF THE ZAGROS SUTURE
16.1 Teetonostratigraphy of the Red Beds Basin
16.2 Teetonostratigraphy of the Qulqula-Khwakurk Zone
16.3 Tectonostratigraphy of the Central Neo-Tethys Penjween-Walash Zone
16.4 Teetonostratigraphy of the Shalair Zone
CHAPTER 17 MAGMATISM AND METAMORPHISM IN THE ZAGROS SUTURE
17.1 Magmatism
17.2 Metamorphism of the Zagros Suture units
CHAPTER 18 HYDROCARBONS
18.1 Introduction
18.2 Oil and gas reserves
18.3 Oil Production
18.4 Oil Production System
18.5 Oil Pipelines and Export Facilities
18.6 Gas processing and Transportation
18.7 Petroleum Systems
CHAPTER 19 HYDROGEOLOGY
19.1 Introduction
19.2 Available data, metbodology of treatment of hydrogeological data
19.3 atural conditions innuencing bydrogeological conditions
19.4 General features of hydrogeological conditions in Iraq
19.5 Hydrogeological provinces of Iraq
19.6 Estimation of groundwater resources
19.7 Envi.ronm.nela.l issues
CHAPTER 20 METALLIC AND INDUSTRlAL ROCKS AND MINERALS
20.1 Introduction
20.2 Minerogenic zonation
20.3 Metallic Mineral deposits
20.4 On-metallic mineral and industrial rocks
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
INDEX
Index of structural and tectonic elements (excluding the repetitive tectonic zones and subzones of Iraq)

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