Publications

MSc Thesis:

• Impact of Sewage Wastewater on the Environment of Tanjero River and its Basin within Sulaimani City, NE-Iraq 

PhD Dissertation:

• Karst Hydrogeology and Hydrogeochemistry of Makook Karst System, Kurdistan Region, Iraq 

Journal Papers 

• Mahmmud R., Sracek O., MUSTAFA O., Mansurbeg H., Cejková B., Jacková I., (2025). Gravity Flow System at Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq: Groundwater and Isotopic Geochemistry and Their Implications for Groundwater Protection. Water 17, 3366.

• MUSTAFA O., Thornton S., Bau D., Mahmmud R., (2025). A review of the occurrence, fate, and transport of SARS‑CoV‑2 in the aqueous environment, with specific reference to groundwater, Environmental Earth Sciences 84, 251.

• MUSTAFA O., Mahmmud R., Sracek O., Seeyan S. (2023). Geogenic Sources of Arsenic and Fluoride in Groundwater: Examples from the Zagros Basin, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Water 15, 1981.

• Mahmmud R., Sracek O., MUSTAFA O., Čejková B., Jačková I., Vondrovicová L. (2022). Groundwater geochemistry evolution and geogenic contaminants in the Sulaimani-Warmawa Sub-basin, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 194:352, 1-20.

• Kareem, A., Hamadamin, R., MUSTAFA, O., Karim, H., Salih, M. (2020). Transport Modeling and Leaching Kinetics in Groundwater of Shiwashok Oil field, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Tikrit Journal of Pure Science, 25(6), 59-68. 

• Karim, A., MUSTAFA, O., Merkel, B. (2018). Geochemical and environmental investigation of the water resources of the Tanjero area, Kurdistan region, Iraq. Arab J Geosci 11: 461. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-018-3825-7

• Rashid, CH., Tahir, J., MUSTAFA, O. (2017). Solid Waste Management: A Case Study in Chamchamal, Dubra Vally Open Dump, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. University of Charmo , 2017, Vol. II, pp.210-219.https://dxi.doi.org/10.31530/icns.2017

• MUSTAFA, O. (2016). Speciation of U, Se, As and Sr in Karst waters of Makook System, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, Journal of Zankoy Sulaimani, Part-A- (Pure and  Applied Sciences), DOI: https://doi.org/10.17656/jzs.10498

• MUSTAFA, O., Tichomirowa, M., Kummer, N., Merkel, B. (2016). Assessment of water-rock interaction processes in the Karst Springs of Makook Anticline (Kurdistan Region, Iraq) using Sr-isotopes, rare earth, and trace elements, Arab J Geosci 9: 5. DOI: 10.1007/s12517-016-2344-7

• MUSTAFA, O., Merkel, B. (2015). Classification of karst springs based on discharge and water chemistry in Makook karst system, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Freiberg Online Geoscience, Vol. 39.

• MUSTAFA, O., Merkel, B., Weise, S. (2015). Assessment of Hydrogeochemistry and Environmental Isotopes in Karst Springs of Makook Anticline, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Hydrology, Vol.2, 48-68.

• Karim, A., Merkel, B., MUSTAFA, O. (2014). Investigations of Uranium and Trace Elements in Groundwater of Tanjero Area. Springer, Heidelberg, Germany

• MUSTAFA, O., Ahmad, H. (2008). Nitrate pollution in groundwater of Sulaimani City, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Journal of Iraqi Bulletin of Geology & Mining, Vol.4, No.2

• MUSTAFA, O. (2008). Evaluating Water Quality of Waraz Mountainous Area Using Contamination Index, Sulaimani Area, NE-Iraq. Journal of Iraqi Bulletin of Geology & Mining, Vol.4, No.1 

Conference Papers 

• Mahmmud R., MUSTAFA O., Sracek O. (2023). Integration of Hydrogeology and Geochemistry for Sustainable Groundwater Assessment, Modeling and Management in the Zagros Basin, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. XXII International Conference of Young Geologists, Smolenice, Slovakia 

• Karim, A., MUSTAFA, O. (2019). Modeling Toluene and Benzene Concentrations in the groundwater of Tanjero waste dump area, Kurdistan region, Iraq. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-01572-5_103. Springer, Heidelberg, Germany

• MUSTAFA, O., Merkel, B. (2015). Geochemical Evolution and Water – Rock interactions in Makook Karst Aquifers, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Topical Issues of Rational Use of Natural Resources, April 22-24, 2015, St. Petersburg, Russia.

• MUSTAFA, O., Merkel, B., Tichomirowa, M. (2013). Indirect Age Determination of Makook Carbonates using 87Sr/86Sr isotopes, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (Abstract). Proceeding of ESIRXII Workshop (24.07. – 26.07.2008), TU Freiberg, Germany

• MUSTAFA, O., Al-Kubaisi, Q., Al-Bassam, K. (2009). Soil and Sediment Pollution Derived from Sewages in the Tanjero River Basin. Sulaimani City, Kurdistan Region/Iraq. Third International Conference on Geo-Resources of Middle East & North Africa (GRMENA – III), February 21-24, 2009, Cairo, Egypt.