Ala Abdulla Ghafur, PhD
Assistant Professor
Overview
Dr Ala A Ghafur, Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural Resources Engineering and Management joined UKH in September 2013 having different positions in the Natural Resources Engineering and Management department including Chair of the department. She received her PhD degree in Petroleum Geoscience from Cardiff University-United Kingdom, where she specialised in Carbonate Reservoir Characterization and Sedimentology.
Education
- - PhD Earth and Ocean Science (Cardiff University, Cardiff City, United Kingdom 2007-2012)
- - MPhil (Cardiff University, Cardiff City, United Kingdom 2007-2012)
- - BSc Geology (University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani City, Kurdistan regional of Iraq 2000-2004)
Publications
| Ghafur, A. A., Sissakian, V. K., Bapir. A. M., 2021. Industrial Assessment of Carbonate Rocks using Geochemical test: Bekhme Formation of Iraqi Kurdistan Region. Carbonates and Evaporates. Volume 36, 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13146-020-00655-9 |
| Ghafur, A. A., Salad Hersi O., Sissakian, V. K., Karim, S., Abdulhaq, H. A., Omer, H. O., 2020. Sedimentologic and stratigraphic properties of Early Cretaceous Neo-Tethys shelf margin of Arabia: The Qamchuqa Formation of the Zagros Folded zone – Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology. Volume 118. 104421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104421 |
| Ghafur, A. A., 2020. The origin, differential diagenesis and microporosity characteristics of carbonate mud across a late Paleogene ramp (Iraqi Kurdistan Region). Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. Volume 192, 107247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2020.107247 |
| Sissakian, V. K., Ghafur, A. A., Abdulhaq, H. A., Omer H. O., 2020. Indicating the Tectonic Origin of Gara and Mateen Anticlines Using Geomorphological and Structural Forms, Iraqi Kurdistan Region. UKHJSE, Volume 4, No. 2. https://journals.ukh.edu.krd/index.php/ukhjse/article/view/268 |