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(KAJ) Kurdistan Academicians Journal,<br />

2006, 4(1) part A<br />

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This may be returned to high<br />

sedimentation rate <strong>of</strong> formation <strong>in</strong> the<br />

relatively active foreland bas<strong>in</strong> and to<br />

shallower water than Shiranish <strong>Formation</strong>.<br />

This latter formation conta<strong>in</strong>s at least one<br />

typical condensed section, which is<br />

located at the top (<strong>in</strong> Dokan area) <strong>of</strong> the<br />

formation <strong>in</strong> the middle <strong>of</strong> the formation<br />

(<strong>in</strong> Chuarta area). But, <strong>in</strong> the <strong>Tanjero</strong><br />

<strong>Formation</strong>, the beds resembl<strong>in</strong>g or related<br />

to condensed section are as follow<strong>in</strong>g:<br />

In the proximal area (coastal area<br />

dur<strong>in</strong>g LST) there is a biogenic limestone<br />

bed about 7m thick (Photo 5.4 and 5.4).<br />

These limestones are located<br />

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