Evolution of the NW Zagros Fold-and-Thrust Belt in Kurdistan Region of Iraq from balanced and restored crustal-scale sections and forward modeling

E Le Garzic, J Vergés, F Sapin, E Saura… - Journal of Structural …, 2019 - Elsevier
We present the first regional balanced and restored sections across the northwestern part of
the Zagros Fold-and-Thrust Belt in Kurdistan Region of Iraq and a 2D kinematic model that …

Neogene shortening and exhumation of the Zagros fold-thrust belt and foreland basin in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq

RI Koshnaw, BK Horton, DF Stockli, DE Barber… - Tectonophysics, 2017 - Elsevier
The Zagros fold-thrust belt in the Kurdistan region of Iraq encroached southward toward a
rapidly subsiding Neogene foreland basin and was later partitioned by out-of-sequence …

A new method of seismic site classification using HVSR curves: A case study of the 12 November 2017 Mw 7.3 Ezgeleh earthquake in Iran

S Yaghmaei-Sabegh, R Rupakhety - Engineering Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
On the 12th of November 2017, a strong earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.3 struck
the west of Iran, causing massive damage in SarpoleZahab and surrounding areas. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Detrital zircon provenance record of the Zagros mountain building from the Neotethys obduction to the Arabia–Eurasia collision, NW Zagros fold–thrust belt …

RI Koshnaw, F Schlunegger, DF Stockli - Solid Earth, 2021 - se.copernicus.org
Recognition of a new angular unconformity and the synthesis of new detrital zircon U–Pb
and (U–Th)/He provenance records, including zircon (U–Th)/He double dating, from the NW …

Organic geochemistry, oil-source rock, and oil-oil correlation study in a major oilfield in the Middle East

M Safaei-Farouji, MR Kamali… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study several major source rocks: Kazhdumi, Pabdeh, and Gurpi formations, along
with crude oils from the Asmari and Bangestan reservoirs in the Gachsaran oilfield …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon-isotope stratigraphy of the Toarcian in Kuwait

T De Keyser, W Ruebsam, M Al-Husseini… - Gondwana …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract The Early and Middle Jurassic Marrat Formation in Kuwait was deposited along the
southwestern margin of the Neo-Tethys Ocean. The formation has been extensively cored …

In situ U-Pb dating of hydrothermal diagenesis in tectonically controlled fracturing in the Upper Cretaceous Bekhme Formation, Kurdistan Region-Iraq

N Salih, H Mansurbeg, K Kolo, A Gerdes… - International Geology …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This study concerns the absolute LA ICP-MS U-Pb dating of hydrothermal cementation,
particularly in tectonically controlled fractures filling saddle dolomites and blocky calcites in …

Overview of the tectonic evolution of the Iraqi Zagros thrust zone: Sixty million years of Neotethyan ocean subduction

SA Ali, AP Nutman, KJ Aswad, BG Jones - Journal of Geodynamics, 2019 - Elsevier
The world's largest ongoing collisional orogeny is the Europe Alps–Himalayan–SE Asian
belt and is a natural laboratory to understand many processes that have shaped the …

Spatial evolution of Zagros collision zone in Kurdistan, NW Iran: Constraints on Arabia–Eurasia oblique convergence

S Sadeghi, A Yassaghi - Solid Earth, 2016 - se.copernicus.org
Stratigraphy, detailed structural map** and a crustal-scale cross section across the NW
Zagros collision zone provide constraints on the spatial evolution of oblique convergence of …