Korek Mountain is one of the outstanding mountains in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region; located north of Erbil city. It faces the entrance of the famous Galley Ali Beg gorge with its beautiful waterfall. The exposed rocks at the entrance of the gorge belong to the Bekhme Formation which consists of many types of carbonate rocks with a total thickness of around 100 m. The current study is concerned with the industrial assessment of the exposed carbonate rocks in the Bekhme Formation and to indicate the most relevant industrial uses of the exposed rocks. To perform the industrial assessment, samples were collected from the exposed rocks. The first sample was collected from the bottom of the Bekhme Formation within the Korek anticline and the last one was collected from the top of the formation; at systematic intervals. The collected samples were dried, crushed and ground to powder and were subjected to a XRF test. Upon receiving the chemical composition of the analyzed rocks, it was found that the rocks are very suitable for cement production and could be used in other industries such as paper, paint and sugar with little modification. Accordingly, the weighted averages were calculated to estimate the geological reserve in the studied site.

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使用地球化学测试对碳酸盐岩进行工业评估：伊拉克库尔德斯坦地区的 Bekhme 组

科雷克山是伊拉克库尔德斯坦地区杰出的山脉之一；位于埃尔比勒市北部。它面向着名的 Galley Ali Beg 峡谷及其美丽的瀑布的入口。峡谷入口处出露的岩石属于Bekhme组，由多种类型的碳酸盐岩组成，总厚度约100 m。目前的研究涉及对 Bekhme 组中暴露的碳酸盐岩的工业评估，并指出暴露的岩石最相关的工业用途。为了进行工业评估，从暴露的岩石中收集样品。第一个样品是从 Korek 背斜内的 Bekhme 地层底部采集的，最后一个样品是从地层顶部采集的；以系统的间隔。将采集的样品晒干，粉碎并研磨成粉末并进行 XRF 测试。在收到分析的岩石的化学成分后，发现这些岩石非常适合水泥生产，几乎不需要修改就可以用于其他行业，如造纸、油漆和糖业。因此，计算加权平均值以估计研究地点的地质储量。