Nannobiostratigraphy of the Lower Part of Shiranish Formation, Sinjar Anticline, NW Iraq

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Fifteen samples from the lower part of Shiranish Formation, Sinjar anticline, northwest Iraq, are investigated in order to identify calcareous nannofossils species of which twelve species are recorded as follow; one species of holococcoliths, seven are heterococcoliths and four are nannolith. On the basis of the above assemblages two biozones are proposed from oldest (at bottom) to youngest
(at top):
2- Tranolithus phacelosus Interval Zone(Part) (CC23)
1- Lithraphidites praequadratus Partial Zone(Part) (CC22)
The above biozones are correlated with other calcareous nannofossils biozones from regional view led to conclude that the section is late Campanian in age.

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Nannobiostratigraphy of the Lower Part of Shiranish Formation, Sinjar Anticline, NW Iraq. (2012). Iraqi National Journal of Earth Science (INJES), 12(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.33899/earth.2012.36055

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Nannobiostratigraphy of the Lower Part of Shiranish Formation, Sinjar Anticline, NW Iraq. (2012). Iraqi National Journal of Earth Science (INJES), 12(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.33899/earth.2012.36055

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