New simplified tectonic models and depositional history of Late Cretaceous rocks are established in a part of Zagros Orogenic Belt that is located in the Northeastern Iraq. These rocks constutes the most important Cretaceous oil reservoir in the Middle East. The dependent tools are petrography, field study and the concept of drowning phases. This concept is relatively new and accurate in explan...

Excavations at Surezha, on the Erbil plain in Iraqi Kurdistan, yielded 89 sherds of Dalma style pottery from 5th millennium BC contexts. ceramics are widespread northwestern Iran but occur only rarely west Zagros northeastern Iraq. To understand significance we document their forms, production technology, and decorative style. We use Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis petrography to deter...

Soil loss is one of the most important causes land degradation. It an inevitable environmental and socio-economic problem that exists in many physiographic regions world, which, besides other impacts, has a direct bearing on agricultural productivity. A reliable estimate soil critical for designing implementing any mitigation measures. We applied widely used Revised Universal Loss Equation (RUS...

Natrix natrix (Linnaeus, 1758) is a common species distributed from Central Europe to Asia. In this range, it forms four subspecies that include several mitochondrial evolutionary lineages. One of the lineages, so-called mtDNA lineage 8, has wide distribution Baltic area Anatolia and Kazakhstan. Anatolia, meets others, however, their occurrence unclear, especially in south-eastern Türkiye where...

Soil loss (SL) and its related sedimentation in mountainous areas affect the lifetime functionality of dams. Darbandikhan Lake is one example a dam lake Zagros region that was filled late 1961. Since then, has received considerable amount sediments from upstream area basin. Interestingly, series dams have been constructed (13 dams), leading to change rate arriving at main reservoir. This motiva...

Abstract Reservoir characterization is one of the key stages in oil and gas exploration, appraisal, development, optimal production. During exploration phase, core analysis well logging are basic information obtained after pay zone identification. This study aims to integrate concept electrofacies (EFs) with hydraulic flow units (HFUs) effectively characterize Permo–Triassic carbonate formation...