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IJES-1-26.04.2024

Iranian Journal of Earth Sciences

Editor-in-Chief: Rahim Dabiri, PhD

Online ISSN: 2228-785X

Print ISSN: 2008-8779

Publishes Quarterly

Original Article
Facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy of lower-middle Miocene Euphrates formation (WadiHajar), West of Iraq

The section located in WadiHajar, Haditha area, west of Iraq was sampled for microfacies analysis of the Euphrates Formation. Microfacies analysis led to the recognition of eleven microfacies association types; Mudstone, Peloidalgrainstone, ooidsgrainstone, Miliolids-Peneroplidsgrainstone, Peneroplidsgrainstone, Echinoidalwackestone, Miliolidswackestone, Alveolinidswackestone, Bioclasticpackstone, Peneroplidspackstone and Rotaliidspackstone, were deposited in restricted marine, shoal, and open marine environments. The study of […]