.... Chemical composition of chromian spinels indicates that they are derived from Alpine-type peridotite. The ophiolitic-radiolarite belts of Taurus-Zagros as well as the uplifted Cretaceous and Paleocene strata of north and northeastern Iraq are likely to be the major source of clastics to the Fat’ha–Injana...

.... From the Middle Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous the extensional basin became a passive margin on which clastics alternated cyclically with carbonate platforms. This sequence provided sandstone and carbonate reservoirs sealed by shale and marl. Late Cretaceous convergence along the Taurus-Zagros front...

... structure, but this time with northeast-southwest trends. There was no apparent movement on the first-phase fault system during the activity of the second phase of faulting. Following the end of the Cretaceous, the diastrophism reverted again to the epeirogenic style until the Taurus-Zagros orogenic folding...

...N. E. Baker; F. R. S. Henson ABSTRACT The Middle East geological provinces are: (1) the Arabo-Nubian and Arabo-Somali massifs of pre-Cambrian igneous and metamorphic rocks in western and southern Arabia; (2) the foreland shelf, north and east of the massifs; and (3) the orogenic Taurus-Zagros-Oman...

...Figure 8 —Regional map showing the position of the Taurus-Zagros large block relative to the major tectonic elements of the area. Stress directions from Jackson and McKenzie (1984) . ...

... continuous line of epicenters along the Zagros-Taurus mountains and the Levant fracture zone. The entire series of elongated foothills of the Zagros is a region in which the crustal rocks are contracted by folding, faulting, or a combination of both. The seismic and geological evidence can be explained most...

... encompasses a prominent change in structural orientation of the northern Zagros, from a general NW-SE “Zagros” to an E-W “Taurus” trend. Geological mapping and structural observations, both in the mountains (Mesozoic–Palaeogene) and in the lowlands (Neogene), led to the following conclusions. (1) The oldest...

... reservoirs. He has published 25 articles on fractures and folds, and has edited three special publications for the Geological Society (London). He conducted the first classic work on the fractures and folds across the Taurus-Zagros Range, Iraq, covering 30 major fold traps. The work is published in the AAPG...

...Fig. 1. A map showing the regional anticlinal structures around the Shaikan Field, in the Taurus and Zagros orogenic trend. It can be seen that the Taurus trend, shown by blue axial hinges, is an east–west trend. The Zagros trend, with red axial hinges, is a more northwesterly–southeasterly trend...

...Richard L. Hester The most prolific oil-producing area of the Middle East lies on the southern flank or extension of the ancient Asiatic Tethyan geosyncline and was at least partly subjected to the same tectonic forces which produced the Alpine-Taurus-Himalayan Mountains. The importance...