Volume 7 Issue 2
Published: 2007-12-01
Contents
Article
Possible Effect of Storm on Sediments of Upper Cretaceous Foreland Basin: A Case Study for Tempestite in Tanjero Formation, Sulaimanyia Area, NE-Iraq
Kamal H. Karim
Previously, the basin of Tanjero Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian) has been given the setting of trench or miogeosyncline in which turbidite sedimentation had occurred. In the present study,...
DOI: 10.33899/earth.2007.39238
The Use of Normalized Differences Vegetation Index in the Determination and Evaluation of Degradation Status of Vegetation Cover in Sinjar Mountain / Ninevah Governorate
Abas M. Al-Hasan Abdul-kareem M. Jassim, Jassim K. Shallal
Sinjar Mountain is situated to the north-west of Iraq, which is one of the important sites of the range lands in the country. Many recent studies and researches in the world have shown the...
DOI: 10.33899/earth.2007.39243
Dissolution Rate of Gypsum Under Different Environments
Hazim A. Al-Kawaz, Zeki A. Aljubouri
Dissolution rate (K) of gypsum rocks of Fat'ha Formation (Middle Miocene) was determined at three different environments; closed system, that is still water and open system, that is flowing water...
DOI: 10.33899/earth.2007.39248
Monolith Hydroxysodalite from Low Grade Kaolin and its Application as an Adsorbent for Lead
Khalid J. Aswad, Faraj H. Tobia
Low grade kaolin is converted to monolith hydroxysodalite dihydrate by hydrothermal treatment with 10M NaOH solution i.e., higher Na concentration, Na/Si =1.3. The X-ray diffraction and infrared...
DOI: 10.33899/earth.2007.39373
Groundwater Quality Evaluation in KalarTown-Sulaimani/NE -Iraq
Diary A. Al-Manmi
The Kalar town which is situated at the north east of Iraq was chosen for the investigations of the effect of rapid population increase on the quality of groundwater. The results showed that there...
DOI: 10.33899/earth.2007.39258
The Effect of a Hypothetical Artificial Recharge Program on Water Table Altitudes of Shallow Dibdibba Sandy Aquifer in Safwan-Zubair Area, South of Iraq
Alaa M. Atiaa, Monera N. Sadoon
A two-dimensional numerical based model is constructed to simulate the flow system of Dibdibba Sandy aquifer in Safwan-Zubair area, south of Iraq. A trial and error method is used to calibrate the...
DOI: 10.33899/earth.2007.39266
A Detail Study of the Genus Vallatisporites as a Lower Carboniferous Stratigraphic and Paleogeographic Indicator
Maha A. Al-Hasson and Yasser H. Kaddo, Amer D. Nader
ABSTRACT The genus Vallatisporites Hacquebard emend. Sullivan 1964b is studied in detail due to it's biostratigraphical and paleogeographical significance in the Carboniferous strata on a global...
DOI: 10.33899/earth.2007.39273
Land Use Classification Utilizing Thermal Band - Based on Wavelet Transform
Turkan A. Khaleel
Thermal band is generally not applied for land use classification, in the application of remote sensing, due to its inferior spatial resolution. However, thermal band data possess valuable...
DOI: 10.33899/earth.2007.39261
