Petrography and geochemistry of siliciclastic rocks of the Middle Eocene Gercus Formation, northern Iraq: Implications for provenance and tectonic setting

YA Kettanah, JS Armstrong‐Altrin… - Geological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Red coloured Middle Eocene Gercus Formation is a widely exposed rock unit in northern
Iraq, southeastern Turkey, and northwestern Iran. Siliciclastic rocks (mudstones and …

Petrogenesis, geochemistry, and tectonic setting of a basaltic body within theGercus Formation of northern Iraq: first record for Eocene anorogenic volcanicactivity in …

YA Kettanah, AH Bamarni - Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 2018 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
An abnormally odd and rare occurrence of a basaltic body has been discovered in the
middle of the Gercus Formation within the large, double-plunging NW-SE trending Bekhair …

Mineralogy, geochemistry, and 40Ar/39Ar dating of hornblendite/amphibolite pods in Penjween Ophiolite of northeastern Iraq: Implications for petrogenesis and …

YA Kettanah, SA Ismail, NM Karo - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Penjween ophiolite is one of the ophiolitic complexes of northeastern Iraq. The serpentinites
within the Penjween Ophiolite hosts many pods of hornblendite and amphibolite, and dikes …

Petrography, mineralogy, and geochemistry of the Hemrin Basalt, Northern Iraq: Implications for petrogenesis and geotectonics

YA Kettanah, AS Abdulrahman, SA Ismail… - Lithos, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The studied Hemrin Basalt (HB) was previously mis-identified and called burnt hills.
The HB is studied petrographically and geochemically as constraints for its provenance and …