Research & Supervision

Researches and List of Publications

1. Merza, T.A., 2002, Assessment of some clays from Gercus Formation for brick industry, Kani Shaitan  area,  Sulaimani, NE Iraq, Zankoi Sulaimani Journal, Vol.5, No.1, 57-67 pp.

2.    Merza T.A., 2004, The possibility of production of glazed ceramic tiles from the recent deposits, Sulaimani Region,  NE Iraq, Kurdistan Academicians Journal, Vol.3(1), 23-32pp.  

3. Mohyaldin, I.M.J.and  Merza,T. A., Composition and origin of white carbonate layer in Seramerg- Tagaran  area, Sulaimani, NE Iraq, Zanko Journal, Erbil, Vo.16, No.2, 2004, 17-23pp.

4.    Merza, T.A and Mohyaldin, I. M.J, Manufacture of bricks tiles from local raw materials, N and NE   Of Iraq, Zankoi   Sulaimani Journal,Vol. , 2005

5.    Merza, T.A. and Ismail, S. A. Origin of Plagiogranites in the Mawat Ophiolite Complex, Kurdistan Region, NE  Iraq,  Journal of Kirkuk University-  Scintific Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2007

6.    Sabah, A. Ismail, Tola A. Mirza, and Paul, F. Carr, (2010) Platinum-group elements geochemistry in podiform chromitites and associated peridotites of the Mawat Ophiolite, northeastern Iraq, Journal of  Asian Earth Sciences,  Vol 37 pp. 31-41

7. Genesis and Geochemistry of Quartz ore deposits and associated rocks in Dola Root area, Ranea,   Kurdistan Region, NE Iraq Journal of Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining, No.3, 2012.

8.    Distribution of PGE and PGM in Chromitite Rocks of the Mawat Ophiolite Complex, Kurdistan Region, NE Iraq, (EGU General Assembly 2012)

9. Geochemistry and mineralogy of platinum group minerals in Asnwa area Penjween Ophiolite Complex – Kurdistan Region, NE-Iraq 2017  (in press).

10. Iron mineralization in the Garagu Formation of Gara Mountain,Duhok Governorate, Kurdistan, NE Iraq: geochemistry, mineralogy and origin, Arab J Geosci (2016) 9: 473.

11. Geophysical, Geochemical and Structural Features of Chromite Ore in Kuradawe Village/ Mawat   Ophiolite Complex, Kurdistan Region, NE Iraq Journal of Zankoy  Sulaimani (2016) 18-2 (Part-A).

12. Evaluating the Suitability of Avorman Limeston, Halabja Governorate for Cement Industry Jour of Iraqi Bulletin of  Geology and   Mining Vol.13, No.1,  2017,  p 1 - 12

13. Mirza T. A.  Mohialdeen I M.. Al-Hakarri,S H. and FatahCh. M. Geochemical assessment of Naopurdan limestone for cement making - Chwarta area, Kurdistan Region, NE Iraq JZS (2016) Special Issue, GeoKurdistan II (257-268)

14. Geochemistry and genesis of sulfide ore deposits in Sharosh village, Qandil Series Kurdistan Region-NE Iraq. Arab J Geosci (2017) 10:428 , DOI 10.1007/s12517-017-3210-y

15. Mineralogical and industrial assessment of clay from parts of the folded zone in kurdistan region for ceramic production, Jour of Iraqi Bulletin of  Geology and   Mining Vol.13, No.1,  2017,  p 79 - 97.

16. Tola A. Mirza  and Chro M. Fatah  (2017 )EVALUATING THE SUITABILITY OF AVROMAN LIMESTONE, HALABJA GOVERNORATE FOR CEMENT INDUSTRY.Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and    Mining Vol.14, No.1, 2018 p 103 - 120

17.  Tola A. Mirza and Saman Gh. Rashid CHROMITITE AND PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS IN THE IRAQI ZAGROS SUTURE ZONE, NE KURDISTAN REGION, IRAQ: AN OVERVIEW Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining Special Issue, No.8, 2019,

18. Tola A. Mirza and Saman Gh  2019 : EVALUATION OF THE PILA SPI FORMATION CARBONATE ROCKS FOR DIMENSION STONE, QARA DAGH AREA, KURDISTAN REGION, NE IRAQ.  Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining Vol, 15, No.2, 2019,

19. Ladislav A. Palinkas  and Tola A. Mirza Ridge-axis and Off-axis volcanic massive sulphides, Cyprus- type, in the Mawat ophiolites, Kurdistan-Iraq(2020) Reconnaissance survey. Journal of Zankoy   Vol. 22 (No. 1) Sulaimani

20. Geological study of Aqra Formation for possible use as Portland cement in Chwarta-Mawat area Sulaimani – Iraqi Kurdistan Region 2020)  Journal of Zankoy  Sulaimani, Vol. 22 (No. 1) .

21. Iron Mineralization in Northern Sanandaj Sirjan Zone (Iran): Characteristics and Origin of Mineralization Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining Vol, 17, No.1, 2021,

22. Tola A. Mirza · Kamal H. Karim · Sardar M. Ridha · Chro M. Fatah : Major, trace, rare earth element, and stable isotope analyses of the Triassic carbonates along the northeastern Arabian Plate margin: a key to understanding paleotectonics and paleoenvironment of the Avroman (Biston) limestone formation from Kurdistan region, northeastern Iraq. Carbonates and Evaporites (2021) 36:66 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13146-021-00733-6.

23. Tola Ahmed Mirza, Stavros P. Kalaitzidis, Sardar S. Fatah, Sophia Tsiotou. Petrographic and geochemical features of Gimo marble, Gole area, Kurdistan Region, Iraq: constraints on its protolith’s origin and depositional environment. Earth Sci. Res. J. Vol. 25, No. 3 (September, 2021): 285-295. https://doi.org/10.15446/esrj.v25n3.88686

24.  Chro M. Fatah, and Tol A. Mirza 2022. Assessment of Avroman Limestone Formation for Portland Cement Industry, Halabja City, Kurdistan Region, NE Iraq, Iraqi National Journal of Earth Science.

25. Tola A. Mirza, Namam M. Salih, Franck R. A. Delpomdor, Stavros P. Kalaitzidis & Saman Gh. Rashid 2022. Formation of quartz veins within Serginil Phyllite Group‑Penjween area, Iraqi Kurdistan Region: insights from geochemical and fuid inclusion data. Arabian Journal of Geosciences (2022) 15:887 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-022-10143-0.

26. Hazim Hrvatović1, Ladislav Palinkaš2, Tola Merza3, Petar Katanić4, Enver Kamberović5 , (2021)LISTWANITES OF DINARIDE AND CENTRAL VARDAR ZONE OPHIOLITES A Review, IV Congress of Geologists of Republic of Macedonia, 3-EG-06.

27. Ali M., Mirza, T.A, Stavros P. Kalaitzidis Petrography and geochemistry of the Baska Piwaza ore mineralization, Halgurd Mountain, Iraqi Kurdistan Region: Insights on the Genesis. Iraqi Geological Journal, 2023.

28.  Shahra O. A, Mirza, T.A, Namam S. Petrography and mineralogy of the iron ore from Nawgwezany Mishao area– Shalair Valley, KRG - Iraq: Insights on the Genesis, Iraqi Journal of Science, 2023.

29. Twana A. Mustafa, Tola A. Mirza, Stavros P Kalaitzidi 2023 Petrographical and Geochemical Features of Sulfide Mineralization in the Walash Group, Gallala Area, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Iraqi Geological Journal, Vol.56, No.2F.

30 - Twana A. Mustafa, Tola A. Mirza, Stavros P Kalaitzidi 2023 Genesis of Sulfide

    Mineralization in the Gallala Area Kurdistan Region, Iraq: Constraints from Major and

   Trace Elements of Sulfide Ore Mineralization and their Host Rocks, Vol.57, No.1A, Year

   2024.

31. Jabbar M. A. Qaradaghi and Tola A. Mirza Peperites: Insight into the Submarine Eruptions within                 Walash Volcanosedimentary Group, Mawat Area, Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Aro Journal , 2023.

32. Ibrahim M.J. Mohialdeen, Tola A. Mirza  and Shahra O. Abdalla  (2025)  Geochemical Insights into the Paleodepositional Environment of the Garagu Formation, Gara Anticline, Kurdistan, Northern Iraq,  ARO-The Scientific Journal of Koya University Vol. XIII, No. 1 (2025), Article ID: ARO.11910. 10 pages DOI: 10.14500/aro.11910.

33.  Tola A. Mirza1 · Stavros P. Kalaitzidis · Shahra O. Abdalla · Sofia Tsiotou: Mineralogical and geochemical features of Sirginil phyllite group from Penjween area, Iraqi Kurdistan region: Implications for provenance and source‑area weathering.Acta Geochim, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11631-025-00778-7. 

32-  تۆڵە ئەحمەد میرزا+ نەعیمە محەمەد+ ڕۆژگار کەمال: بەکارهێنانی خامەکانی هەرێمی کوردستانی عێراق لە ڕەنگکردنی ڕوپۆشی بەرهەمە هونەرییە سیرامیکیەکاندا ، گۆڤاری زانکۆی سلێمانی بەشی بی-زانستە مرۆڤاییەکان، ژمارە ٧٤، بەرگی(١ )ی (١٥ی ئابی ٢٠٢٣).لاپەڕە: ٩٩-١١٥. 

33- تۆڵە ئەحمەد میرزا+ نەعیمە محەمەد+ ڕۆژگار کەمال: کاریگەری بەکارهێنانی خاوەکان و خامەکانی  کوردستانی عێراق لە نێوەندی تێکەڵەی شوشە بۆ ڕوپۆشی جەستەی بەرهەمە گڵجۆشییەکان (ئۆکسیدە ڕەنگدارەکان بە نموونە) ،  گۆڤاری زانکۆی سلێمانی بەشی بی-زانستە مرۆڤاییەکان، ژمارە ٧٥، بەرگی(٢ ) (١٥ی کانونی یەکەمی ٢٠٢٣) لاپەڕەی ٣٩٩-٤١٩. 

Supervision:

 A- Supervising MSc. Students 

 1- The possibility of using Iraqi Kurdistan Clays From Selected area in producing monoclonal Ceramic, by   Rozhgar Kamal Muhammad, 2013,  University of Sulaimani – School of Fine Arts

2- ASSESMENT OF AVROMAN LIMESTONE FORMATION FOR PORTLAND CEMENT INDUSTRY HALABJA AREA SOUTH-EAST SULAIMANI, KURDITAN REGION NE-IRAQ, MSc, Thesis University of Sulaimani, 2014 by Chro M. Fatah.

3- ASSESSMENT OF SELECTED TERTIARY AND QUATERNARY CLAYS WITH SOME ADDITIVE RAW MATERIALS FOR CERAMIC INDUSTRIES, IRAQI KURDISTAN REGION, 2014 By Rezan Qadir Faraj

4- EVALUATION OF MARBLE IN ZANGALLIN VILLAGE, ERBIL GOVERNORATE, KURDISTAN REGION, NE IRAQ BYTWANA AHMED MUSTAFA, University College of Science Osmania University2015

5-   GENESIS OF SULFIDE ORE MINERALS AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS FROM QANDIL UNIT-QALADIZA AREA, KURDISTAN REGION, NE-IRA, MSc, Thesis University of Sulaimani, 2017 by  Saman Ghareeb Rashid Qurbany

6- Genesis of Iron Ore From Nawgwezany Mishao Shalair Valley, Kurdistan Region , NE-Iraq  , MSc Thesis University of Sulaimani, 2021 by  Shahra Othman.

7- Genesis of Oxide and Sulfide Mineralization in Halgurd Mountain, Walash Series, Kurdistan Region, NE-Iraq. University of Sulaimani, 2021 by  Muhamed Ali .

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 B- Supervising PhD. Students : 

1. Genesis of oxide and sulfide mineralization in the Volcano-Sedimentary Rocks of Walash - Naopurdan Series, Gallala area, Kurdistan Region NE-Iraq. 2020. By Twana A. Mustafa

2.  “Genesis and Tectonics of basalt pillow lavas with peperites within Walash Volcano sedimentary Group, Mawat area, Iraqi Kurdistan Region. By Jabbar Mohammed Ameen Qaradaghi

٣. توانای خاوەکانی کوردستان لەبەکارهێنانانیان بۆ رەنگکردن و ڕوپۆشی بەرهەمە هونەرییە سیرامیکیەکاندا.  

3. Ability of Kurdistan raw materials to be used for painting and coating ceramic works of art.

4. Assessment of limestone and volcanic rocks from Walash-Naopurdan Group for cement manufacturing. by (Nian Wali Samen), 2024.

5- The feasibility of manufacturing green Portland cement using local raw materials from Iraqi Kurdistan Region 2025.