Stratigraphic correlation and source rock characteristics of the Baluti formation from selected wells in the Zagros fold belt, Kurdistan Region, northern Iraq

• Main Authors: Mohialdeen, Ibrahim M. J., Fatah, Sardar S., Abdula, Rzger A., Hakimi, Mohammed H., Abdullah, Wan Hasiah, Khanaqa, Polla A., Lunn, Grenville A.
• Format: Article
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: QE Geology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/33572/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

The Upper Triassic Baluti Formation has been identified and mapped based on its log response in selected wells from the Zagros foldbelt in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq. A preliminary evaluation of the formation's source rock potential was made by Rock-Eval screening analysis in four we...