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Petrogenesis, Geochemistry, And Tectonic Setting Of A Basaltic Body Within Thegercus Formation Of Northern Iraq: First Record For Eocene Anorogenic Volcanicactivity In The Region, Yawooz A. Kettanah, Adnan H. Bamarni
Petrogenesis, Geochemistry, And Tectonic Setting Of A Basaltic Body Within Thegercus Formation Of Northern Iraq: First Record For Eocene Anorogenic Volcanicactivity In The Region, Yawooz A. Kettanah, Adnan H. Bamarni
Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences
An abnormally odd and rare occurrence of a basaltic body has been discovered in the middle of the Gercus Formation within the large, double-plunging NW-SE trending Bekhair Anticline to the north of Duhok city, northern Iraq. This is the first discovery of such a volcanic body within the widely exposed Gercus Formation in northern Iraq, southeastern Turkey, and western Iran. This volcanic body, named by the authors the Gercus Basalt, has a long tabular/lenticular shape with a total length of ~4.5 km and a thickness ranging between 1 to 16 m. It is exposed on both limbs of the anticline …