Publications

MSc Thesis:

• Mousa, I.O. (2007) Petrography, Geochemistry and Genesis of Copper-Iron Mineralization 

and Associated Rocks in Waraz Area, Sulaimaniyah, NE Iraq. Unpublished M.Sc. Thesis, 

University of Baghdad, Baghdad, 155pp.

PhD Thesis:

• Yara, I.O. (2014) Do Asnawa rocks (Kurdistan, Iraq) represent subcontinental mantle? 

New insight by petrology, mineral chemistry, geochemistry and isotopes. Dissertation, TU 

Bergakademie Freiberg, p.88. 

Journal Papers 

1-Yara, I. (2020) MINERALOGY AND STABLE SULFUR ISOTOPES OF THE SULFIDE MINERALIZATION IN THE KURADAWE AREA, MAWAT OPHIOLITE, KURDISTAN REGION, NORTHEASTERN IRAQ, Bulletin of Geology and Mining, Vol.16, No.1, p. 63-77. 

2- Yara, I. (2019) COPPER MINERALIZATION IN SELECTED AREAS OF  KURDISTAN REGION, IRAQ: A REVIEW ON MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY, Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining, Special Issue, No.8, p. 41-63. 

Karim, K.H.*, Yara, I., Kharajiany, S.O.A., Khanaqa, P., Sharbazheri, K., Baziany, 

M.M., Mohammad, Y., Tofeeq, S. (2018) Stratigraphy and Facies analysis of the 

Govanda Formation from western Zagros, Kurdistan Region, Northeastern Iraq, Iraqi 

National Journal of Earth Sciences 18 (2). 

4- Yara, I*. and Mohammad, Y. (2018) Iron-copper mineralization associated with 

metagabbro in Mirawa Village, Kurdistan Region, Northeastern Iraq, Journal of Zankoy 

Sulaimani, Vol.20, No.2, p. 95 – 108. 

5- Hadi A*, Mousa I, Al-Bassam K (2010) Genesis of copper-iron mineralization and 

associated rocks in Waraz area, northeast Iraq. International Journal for Sciences and 

Technology 5, 4: 27-47. 

6- Mohammad, Y.*, Mousa, I. (2009) Mineralogy of sheared serpentinite near Milakwa 

Mountain, Penjwin District, Kurdistan Region, NE Iraq. Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and 

Mining 5, 2: 101-117. 

Conference Papers