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Micropaleontological Study of the Contact Between Kometan and Shiranish Formations from Dokan Area, Northern Iraq

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Nine samples of carbonate rocks from the contact between Kometan and Shiranish Formations from Dokan area, Northern Iraq are studied in terms of micropaleontology. The study showed different assemblages of microfauna such as ostracode, planktonic foraminifera and calcareous nannofossils which are observed by using thin sections in addition to the picked species. According to the identified species, the top of the Kometan Formation is early Campanian while the base of the Shiranish Formation is middle Campanian and the contact between them is unconformable.

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  1. Department of Geology, College of Science, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq

    Ibrahim Al–Shareefi, Omar Al-Badrani & Aseel Yousif

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  1. Ibrahim Al–Shareefi
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  1. Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, University of Carthage, Amilcar, Tunisia

    Mabrouk Boughdiri

  2. Earth Science Department, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

    Beatriz Bádenas

  3. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA

    Paul Selden

  4. University of Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France

    Etienne Jaillard

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    Peter Bengtson

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    Bruno R.C. Granier

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Al–Shareefi, I., Al-Badrani, O., Yousif, A. (2019). Micropaleontological Study of the Contact Between Kometan and Shiranish Formations from Dokan Area, Northern Iraq. In: Boughdiri, M., Bádenas, B., Selden, P., Jaillard, E., Bengtson, P., Granier, B. (eds) Paleobiodiversity and Tectono-Sedimentary Records in the Mediterranean Tethys and Related Eastern Areas. CAJG 2018. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01452-0_28

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