NEW SEDIMENTOLOGIC AND STRATIGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE UPPER BOUNDARY OF QAMCHUQA FORMATION (EARLY CRETACEOUS) AT NORTHWEST OF ERBIL, KURDISTAN REGION, NE/IRAQ Bakhtiar M. Ameen and Kamal H. Karim Published in: Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining, Vol.4, No.2, 2008, p.1 -13 ABSTRACT The contact between Qamchuqa (Early Cretaceous) and Bekhme (Late Cretaceous) formations is studied in the field and laboratory. On the basis of lithology, the contact is described and analyzed in four different sections. In all four sections … Read entire article »

NEW DISCOVERY OF SOME VERTEBRATE FOOT PRINTS IN MUKDADIYA FORMATION FROM CHAMCHEMAL AREA, NE-IRAQ. Kamal Haji Karim Khalid Mahmood and Ibrahim M. J. Mohyaddin Abstract Two types of vertebrate footprints are recorded for the first time in Mukdadiya Formation at Chamchemal area, NE-Iraq. The first one belongs to birds and the second to hoofed sheep-like mammals. Both types are found on the upper surface of thick, massive, occasionally pebbly sandstone beds of Mukdadiya Formation. This formation is composed … Read entire article »