Early Cretaceous life, climate and anoxia

KB Föllmi - Cretaceous Research, 2012 - Elsevier
Early Cretaceous life and the environment were strongly influenced by the accelerated
break up of Pangaea, which was associated with the formation of a multitude of rift basins …

Geologic evolution of the Iraqi Zagros, and its influence on the distribution of hydrocarbons in the Kurdistan region

JM English, GA Lunn, L Ferreira, G Yacu - AAPG Bulletin, 2015 - archives.datapages.com
Whereas the vast majority of discovered hydrocarbon reserves in Iraq reside in Cretaceous
and Cenozoic reservoirs, numerous oil and gas fields have been discovered recently in …

[HTML][HTML] Geochemical characterisation, volumetric assessment and shale-oil/gas potential of the Middle Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous source rocks of NE Arabian Plate

AAM Aqrawi, B Badics - GeoArabia, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT The Middle Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous strata of the NE Arabian Plate contain
several prolific source rocks providing the charge to some of the largest world-class …

Source‐rock maturity, hydrocarbon potential and oil–source‐rock correlation in well shorish‐1, Erbil province, Kurdistan region, Iraq

RF Sachsenhofer, A Bechtel, R Gratzer… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The Shorish‐1 exploration well is located in Erbil Province in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, on
the outskirts of Erbil City near the dividing line between the Low Folded and High Folded …

[PDF][PDF] Microfacies analysis and depositional environment of the Sargelu Formation (Middle Jurassic) from Kurdistan Region, northern Iraq

RA Abdula, SM Balaky… - Donnish Journal of …, 2015 - researchgate.net
The depositional sedimentary environment and petrology of the Sargelu Formation (of Late
Toarcian–Late Bathonian age) is presented based on hand specimen descriptions …

Solid bitumen, bituminite and thermal maturity of the upper jurassic-lower cretaceous chia gara formation, Kirkuk oil field, Zagros fold belt, Kurdistan, Iraq

J Kus, P Khanaqa, IMJ Mohialdeen, S Kaufhold… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Chia Gara Formation, a proven marine
source rock characterised by predominance of amorphous organic matter (AOM) is known …

[PDF][PDF] Petroleum source rock analysis of the Jurassic Sargelu Formation, northern Iraq

R Abdula - 2010 - researchgate.net
ABSTRACT The Sargelu Formation is one of the major petroleum source rocks in Iraq and
the Middle East. In an effort to build on the previous work and add new interpretations, this …

Potentiality of Paleocene source rocks and their contribution in generating the accumulated oil in the Eocene Pila Spi Reservoir in Taq Taq Oil Field, Kurdistan Region …

DH Baban, KSM Ranyayi - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2013 - Springer
The organic matters within the Paleocene Aaliji and Kolosh Formations in the well TT-04,
Taq Taq Oil Field in Kurdistan Region, NE Iraq have been studied optically and also …

Source rock potential and reservoir characterization of the Lower Cretaceous Sarmord Formation in selected sections in Kurdistan Region-Iraq

ANF Edilbi, KF Mohammed, ZH Sadeq… - Arabian Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Sarmord Formation is underlain by the most important source rocks and
overlain by several major reservoirs in the Kurdistan Region. Two sections including a …

Evidence of warm seas in high latitudes of southern South America during the Early Cretaceous

ARG Dacal, SM Richiano, LEG Peral, LA Spalletti… - Cretaceous …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Berriasian–early Valanginian time interval is well represented in the Rio Mayer
Formation in the Río Guanaco area (Austral Basin, Argentina). From this locality, well …