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| Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining | ||
| Article 1, Volume 0, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 53-76 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Buthaina S. Al-Jiburi; ; a Z. Jassim | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The stratigraphy of the Southern Desert is reviewed. Paleocene rocks represented by Umm Er Radhuma Formation are the oldest rock exposed in the area. The youngest rock represented by Pliocene – Pleistocene age, belong to Zahra Formation. For each exposed formation, the exposure areas, main lithology, thickness, fossils, age, depositional environment and the lower contact is described. Many Quaternary sediments are described in the area too, such as, terraces, gypcrete, alluvial fan, valley fill sediments and depression fill sediments. Al-Batin Alluvial fan, is the biggest fan in the Southern Desert of Pleistocene age, it extends from northeastern Saudi Arabian border northwards into Iraq and has been formed by four depositional stages. Jabal Sanam is the highest isolated hill presented in the area, probably formed by piercing of the Infracambrain salt forming the Sanam plug. | ||
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