Sedimentiogical study for subsurface section of Abu Khasib

  • Sadi K. Jan Iraq Natural History Research Center & Museum, University of Baghdad
Keywords: Abu Khasib, Sediment, Fossils, Dolomite, Baghdad

Abstract

Abu Khasib formation, east of Baghdad, is studied via checking (95) thin section collected from a field east of Baghdad,  in terms of fossils and minerals. The limestone of the studied area consists of skeletal grains like planktonic foraminifera, echinoderms and algae, and these stones have micrite groundmass, whereas,Peloids is an example for non-skeletal grains. The most prominent digenetic processes are cementation, delomitization and dissolution