ARTICLE REVIEW ON THE OLIGOCENE SUCCESSION IN IRAQ

Authors

  • Ali H. Dohan

    Petroleum Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Kirkuk, Kirkuk, Iraq

    Author

  • Abbas F. Gharib

    Petroleum Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Kirkuk, Kirkuk, Iraq

    Author

  • Ali S. Abbas

    Petroleum Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Kirkuk, Kirkuk, Iraq

    Author

Keywords:
Oligocene succession, Iraq, Kirkuk Group, Arabian Plate, stratigraphy, carbonate facies, hydrocarbon reservoir, Neo-Tethys.
Abstract

This paper reviews the stratigraphic distribution, paleogeographic setting, tectonic setting, and evolutionary history of the Oligocene succession in Iraq, as interpreted from studies conducted since the early twentieth century. Iraq's Oligocene succession is both a relatively recent succession that is forming within the Eocene-Recent Mega sequence and a depositional unit that resulted from the collision of the Neo-Tethyan terranes present near the East and North margins of the Arabian plate. The formation called Oligocene found in most of the tectonostratigraphic zones, involving, Mesopotamian Zone, Jezira Subzone, and Makhul–Hemrin Subzone of the Foothill Zone. Eastern marginal reef sediment maximum ranges and thickness have been given in 12 words.

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2026-03-18
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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2026)
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ARTICLE REVIEW ON THE OLIGOCENE SUCCESSION IN IRAQ. (2026). Eureka Journal of Geoscience, Materials & Resource Engineering, 2(3), 7-25. https://eurekaoa.com/index.php/9/article/view/630

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