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CONTRIBUTION TO THE STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE SHARI PLAYA – CENTRAL IRAQ | ||
| Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining | ||
| Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Rafaa Z. Jassim; Yehya T. Al-Rawi; Habib R. Habib | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Shari playa is an elongated N–S depression located about 35 km NE of Samarra city, central Iraq. A combination of the bands 2, 3 and 4 of the Landsat imagery was used to study the structural lineaments and water seepage analysis. Three sets of principal lineaments were detected. They are oriented in NW – SE, NE – SW and N – S; they may reflect faults or fault systems. The NW – SE direction is affected by the nearby Hemrin Mountain and also by the Pre – Miocene deep seated faults. The NE – SW direction is parallel to that of Greater Zab and Lesser Zab Rivers which are also parallel to the Amij – Samarra – Halabcha deep seated fault, which intersects Shari playa. The N– S direction is parallel to the proposed Tigris Fault. These fault systems are responsible for the water seepage in the playa. The stresses applied in the region probably activated movements along old lineament systems, resulted in the formation of a graben structure in Shari playa area. The estimated age of the playa is about 6000 – 6500 years B. P. | ||
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