Organic petrological and geochemical features of Naokelekan Fm, Zagros Area, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

• Main Author: Δαμουλιάνου, Μαρία-Έλλη
• Other Authors: Καλαϊτζίδης, Σταύρος
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Solid bitumen; Biomarkers; Στερεά βιτουμένια; Βιοδείκτες; 552.095 672

The present study focuses on the Naokelekan Formation, which outcrops in Kurdistan region, NE of Iraq, and is part of the Mesozoic oil-prone formations of one of the biggest oil reserves worldwide. Naokelekan Fm was deposited under dysoxic to anoxic conditions in Tethys during the Upper Jurassic...