An abnormally odd and rare occurrence of a basaltic body has been discovered in the middle of the Gercus Formation within the large, double-plunging NW-SE trending Bekhair Anticline to the north of Duhok city, northern Iraq. This is the first discovery of such a volcanic body within the widely exposed Gercus Formation in northern Iraq, southeastern Turkey, and western Iran. | Petrogenesis, geochemistry, and tectonic setting of a basaltic body within the Gercus Formation of northern Iraq: First record for Eocene anorogenic volcanic activity in the region
