Salih Muhammad Awadh- Professor of Geochemistry (PhD and Post Doctorate)
- Professor at University of Baghdad - College of Scinece
Salih Muhammad Awadh
- Professor of Geochemistry (PhD and Post Doctorate)
- Professor at University of Baghdad - College of Scinece
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Introduction
He graduated from the University of Baghdad with B. Sc., M.Sc. and PhD in Geochemistry. He got a Post Doctoral degree from the Warsaw University – Poland. He currently is an academic staff in the University of Baghdad. His interesting topics are Ore Geology, organic geochemistry, petroleum geo,ogy and Environmental studies. He is an editor-in chief of the Iraqi Geological Journal, He supervised 17 theses (M. Sc. and Ph. D). He published about 60 publication in reputation journals and 5 books
Current institution
University of Baghdad - College of Scinece
Current position
- Professor
Additional affiliations
January 2001 - October 2018
January 2013 - July 2014
July 2002 - present
Education
January 1992 - February 2016
University of Baghdad, College of Science, Dept. of Geology
Field of study
- Geochemistry
Publications
Publications (210)
Seismic activity in the Arabian Gulf region, including Iraq, is relatively low in comparison to other seismically active regions worldwide. Nevertheless, the area is not entirely isolated from seismic risks, given the current occurrence of low to moderate seismic activity that poses minimal risk. Seismic activity is mainly linked to the Zagros seis...
About half of Iraq's area is desert having arid regions as an expansive territory that spans across significant portions of Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. These deserts are known for their little flora. During the summer, Iraq experiences a dry and hot climate, with the relative humidity gradually rising near the Arabian Gulf. During the spring a...
This study offers additional evidence for the occurrence of oil residues within fractures of the basement rocks in the Upper Benue Trough, Nigeria. The data suggests that the observed oil residues were originally generated as light oils, which were later biodegraded into heavy oils. These Upper Benue Trough's oil stains are a valuable tool for hydr...
Floods caused by dam failures can cause huge losses of life and property, especially in estuarine areas and valleys. In spite of all the capabilities and great improvements reached by man in the construction of dams and their structures, they will remain helpless before the powerful forces of nature, especially those related to tectonic activation,...
The location of Iraq has given it diverse natural characteristics and ecosystems. The climate varies according to the type of terrain, which ranges between high mountains, folds, plains and plateaus, and this diversity is reflected in the flora and plant diversity. Among the most prominent trees in Iraq is the palm tree, which is widely spread in t...
In 1908, the British-controlled Turkish Petroleum Company discovered oil in the Kirkuk region of northern Iraq, which later became part of the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC). This discovery marked the beginning of Iraq’s significance in global oil markets. In the 1920s, Oil exploration and drilling expanded in Iraq, with significant investments and d...
Iraq has diverse metallic and non-metallic mineral resources throughout most of its land. The most important non-metallic deposits are phosphate, sulfur, silica sand, bauxite, clay minerals, sedimentary iron, limestone, gypsum and salt. Phosphate deposits are mainly located in Anbar Governorate, western Iraq, as phosphate is an essential raw materi...
Mesopotamia, a Greek term for the region between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, is the name given to Iraq. These rivers originate in the northern Anatolian highlands, join, and flow into the Arabian Gulf. The earliest civilizations were in Iraq. Its territory is densely packed with numerous, diverse archaeological sites. The civilizations of Ur,...
This research aims to understand the mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of the nickel laterite deposit in the East Sulawesi Ophiolite Belt in Wiwirano District, North Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. The deposit is analyzed and described to determine the laterization process and supergene enrichment. The geochemical data was obtain...
The study aims to create a geological model of the role of intracontinental volcanism in the northern Arabian Plate and the formation of various phases of silica in carbonate deposits on the surface of the Ratqa Formation (Early-Late Eocene) in the Western Desert of Iraq, as there are significant amounts of silica have previously mistakenly been at...
Integrated reservoir rock typing in carbonate reservoirs is a significant step in reservoir modelling. The key purpose of this study is the identification of integrated rock types in the Sarvak Formation of an Iranian oilfield. In this study, electrofacies (EFAC) analysis of the Sarvak reservoir was done in detail to determine the reservoir quality...
The physical and elastic characteristics of rocks determine rock strengths in general. Rock strength is frequently assessed using porosity well logs such as neutron and sonic logs. The essential criteria for estimating rock mechanic parameters in petroleum engineering research are uniaxial compressive strength and elastic modulus. Indirect estimati...
The study is situated in the Kokoe Region of Central Buton Regency, Southeast Sulawesi, specifically in the southern part of Kabaena Island. Its primary objective is to assess the potential of nickel laterite in the designated area. The research methodology involved microscopic analysis of bedrock using a polarizing microscope, examining the drilli...
Barchans migration rates, dimensions, physical and chemical properties in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi, Qatar, and Emirates were analyzed. The dune distribution took three types, namely: isolated dunes, groups, and belts. Regionally, 4 zones of mobile dune corridors with different chemical and physical characteristics were recognized. The dunes in the Mesop...
Sand physical and chemical properties of dune sand in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates were analyzed. There are three types of sand dunes in the study area: isolated dunes, groups, and belts. Four regional zones of mobile dune corridors with different chemical and physical properties have been identified. The sand dun...
Barchan dimensions, migration rates, and physical and chemical properties in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi, Qatar, and Emirates were analysed. The dune distribution took three types, namely: isolated dunes, groups, and belts. Barchans in the study area are highly mobile, with 24 m year-1 as the average migration rate per notable annual variations. Regionally...
The sandstones of the Late miocene–Pliocene Dibdibba Formation in the Najaf–Karbala Plateau and Basra were examined to determine their source rocks and origin. The rare earth elements (REE) and trace elements (Sc, Co, V, and Th) concentrations in these sandstones revealed that they likely derived from a single source. The steep light rare earth ele...
The Euphrates River is one of the most important rivers in West Asia, passing through Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, and is vital to their economies. Several factors influence river water chemistry, including location, river bed geology, human activities, and environmental conditions. The upstream activities (dam construction, agricultural activities, an...
The Na Bop-Pu Sap Pb-Zn ore bodies represent a typical vein-type lead-zinc deposit situated in the Cho Don area and are currently being extracted for their lead and zinc resources. This deposit is characterized by its significant scale and quality and is considered one of the prominent lead-zinc deposits in the Cho Don area. Despite its significanc...
This study aims to test ceramic waste's capacity to remove nickel from aqueous solutions through adsorption. Ceramic wastes were collected from the Refractories Manufacturing Plant in Ramadi. Through a series of lab tests, the reaction time (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, and 50 minutes, and Ni concentrations (20, 40, 60, and 80) were tested us...
The study aims to detail the chemistry of Sabkha located in Abu-Graib, western Baghdad to know the content of the rare elements distributed. Sabkhas are found in dry areas with significant evaporation rates. The quantity of dissolved salts rises as water evaporates from the shallow basins, eventually causing salt to crystallize. The creation of the...
The Mishrif reservoir (Cenomanian - Turonian) in the Z, H, B and N oilfields in southern Iraq was investigated to clarify how nickel, vanadium, asphaltene, NSO and sulfur content affect the crude oil quality. The GC-Mass and ICP-MS analyses were used to provide fruitful hydrocarbon results. Classification of crude oil based on API gravity broadly i...
Geoparks are unique natural geographic areas in which sites and landscapes of global geological importance can be managed to provide protection, education, and sustainable development. Geoparks revives recreational and scientific tourism to create sustainable local development under the auspices of local and international authorities. The United Na...
This research paper aimed to quantitively characterize the pore structure of shale reservoirs. Six samples of Silurian shale from the Ahnet basin were selected for nitrogen adsorption-desorption analysis. Experimental findings showed that all the samples are mainly composed of mesopores with slit-like shaped pores, as well as the Barrett-Joyner-Hal...
This research aims to test the ability of glass waste powder to adsorb cadmium from aqueous solutions. The glass wastes were collected from the Glass Manufacturing Factory in Ramadi. The effect of concentration and reaction time on sorption was tested through a series of laboratory experiments. Four Cd concentrations (20, 40, 60, and 80) as each co...
This research aims to examine the relationship between hydrothermal alteration and mineralization (ore mineralogy) in the study area and geological structures in the deformation mechanism. The hydrothermal alteration was determined based on petrographic analysis, and ore mineralogy which was determined based on the ore microscopic analysis. The def...
The research aims to study Sabkha mineralogy to determine the mineral types, the nature of the precipitation, and the patterns of salt crystallization. Two Sabkhas in Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, were studied. It was found that the Sabkhas were formed in flat ponds from saturated solutions in a semi-arid to arid climate. Halite predominates, follow...
This research aims to distinguish the reef environment from the non-reef environment. The Oligocene-Miocene-succussion in western Iraq was selected as a case study, represented by the reefal limestone facies of the Anah Formation (Late Oligocene) deposited in reef-back reef environments, dolomitic limestone of the Euphrates Formation (Early Miocene...
Since genetic factors alone cannot explain most cases of Autism, the environmental factors are worth investigating as they play an essential role in the development of some cases of Autism. This research is a review paper that aims to clarify the role of the macro elements (MEs), Trace elements (TEs) and ultra-trace elements (UTEs) on human health...
This study aims to determine the reasons for the increase in the frequency of sand and dust storms in the Middle East and to identify their sources and mitigate them. A set of climatic data from 60 years (1960–2022) was analyzed. Sand storms in Iraq are a silty sand mature arkose composed of 72.7% sand, 25.1% silt, and 2.19% clay; the clay fraction...
The geochemical study of the Oligocene-Miocene succession Anah, Euphrates, and Fatha formations, western Iraq, was carried out to discriminate their depositional environments. Different major and trace patterns were observed between these formations. The major elements (Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, K, and Na) and trace elements (Li, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, R...
Unconfined compressive strength (UCS) of rock is the most critical geomechanical property widely used as input parameters for designing fractures, analyzing wellbore stability, drilling programming and carrying out various petroleum engineering projects. The USC regulates rock deformation by measuring its strength and load-bearing capacity. The det...
Sawa Lake is a historical, cultural, and environmental landmark of great importance in education and tourism. Its unique advantages make it a potential global natural heritage and geopark in 2021. The current research is devoted to investigate and assess the actual reasons behind the rapid decline of the water level of Sawa Lake, which has begun to...
Natural streams longitudinal dispersion coefficient (Kx) is an essential indicator for pollutants transport and its determination is very important. Kx is influenced by several parameters, including river hydraulic geometry, sediment properties, and other morphological characteristics, and thus its calculation is a highly complex engineering proble...
Relative humidity (RH) is one of the important processes in the hydrology cycle which is highly stochastic. Accurate RH prediction can be highly beneficial for several water resources engineering practices. In this study, extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) approach “as a selective input parameter” was coupled with support vector regression, random...
The research aims to assess the claystone exposed in the Nfayil Formation (Middle Miocene) for Portland cement (P.C.) manufacturing based on mineralogy and geochemistry. The importance of the study is to avoid the miming of the agricultural soils that are mining now for the cement industry. Claystones of Nfayil Formation and the limestone of the Eu...
The raw materials are of great importance for producing high-quality Portland Cement.
Calcium, silica, and alumina are essential components of the initial mixture used for the
manufacture of the Portland Cement. The marl bed in the Euphrates Formation at the
quarries of the Kufa cement plant was proposed to be an alternative raw material to provide...
The main objective of this study is characterized the paleoredoxenvironment of the clastics Zubair
Formation deposition.The Zubair Formation is deposited in L. Cretaceous under variable levels of
oxygenation. Forty samples are analyzed to decipher oxic deposition conditions of the formation. They
are included twenty- five samples of upper sandstone...
The meteorite with a single total mass of 630 gm as a visible meteorite has fallen on 22 March 2021, at 10:00 a.m. in Al-Sherqat subdistrict within Salah Al-Din, northern Iraq; and therefore, was named Al-Sherqat meteorite by the authors. It is characterized by a uniform structure of coherent and medium degree of malleability. It is of a well-cryst...
Portland Cement is manufactured by adding 3% gypsum to clinker which is produced by grinding, pulverizing,
mixing, and then burning a raw mix of silica, and calcium carbonate. Limestone is the main source of carbonates,
while clay collected from arable land is the main source of silica. The marl in the Euphrates Formation was studied
as an alternat...
ABSTRACT
Oil seep samples from Abu-Jir Fault Zone (AJFZ) were geochemically characterized to determine the level of
biodegradation and the depositional environment of correlative source rocks. For this purpose, saturated and
aromatic biomarkers and stable carbon isotopes of thirteen samples were analyzed and measured. Saturated
hydrocarbons of...
In the Rumaila oilfields in southern Iraq, the Zubair Formation was deposited in a shallow environment as three main facies, delta plain, backshore, and delta front depositional conditions indicating a transition from delta front and delta plain to a highstand level due to the finning upward mode. The facies of the Zubair clasts show well-sorted qu...
This research was conducted on five oilfields in the Mishrif reservoir, southern Iraq, to illustrate the effects of permeability on the damage caused by the injection of river water into the oilfield. Oilfield flooding has dramatically changed the pH and brine chemistry of the reservoir and resulted in the deposition of carbonates and native sulfur...
The lead has adverse effects in contamination the aquatic environment, for this reason, a laboratory experiment was conducted using kaolinite collected from the Ga'ara Formation in western Iraq to be considered as a natural sorbent material that can be addressed lead (Pb 2+) from the aqueous environments. The Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy an...
Groundwater is an important resource that can be used for various purposes. Various factors can change the chemistry of the GW, such as the chemical composition of an aquifer as well as the leaching of human waste into groundwater. The study area is a barren land covered by some sabkhas, in addition to some agricultural fields. The study aims to as...
The aim of this study is to investigate the sedimentation environments and diagenetic processes of the Ibrahim Formation (Oligocene-early Miocene) in Zurbatiya, eastern Iraq. The Ibrahim Formation is comprised mostly of clayey micrite and skeletal grains composed of planktonic foraminifera, calcispheres, radiolaria, and benthic foraminifera. Glauco...
The lead has adverse effects in contamination the aquatic environment, for this reason, a laboratory simulation was conducted using kaolinite collected from the Ga’ara Formation at western Iraq to be considered as a natural sorbent material that can be addressed Pb2+ from the aqueous environments. The Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy and atomic...
This study aims to suggest an alternative to the use of quality agricultural soil in the brick industry (Iraq). The Late Miocene claystone bed in the Injana Formation in central Iraq was targeted through the study of 18 exposed sections that were sampled by using the trench sampling method. The claystones are characterized by quartz (36.4%) followe...
This research hypothesizes that tidal and earthquakes are induced by solar system planet positions, as the planetary attraction act as a trigger force change the speed of the Earth rotation. The occurrence of a sea tide is only a consequence of a relative slowdown of the rotational/revolving speed of the Earth which urges the Earth’s plates to move...
The current research is devoted to highlight the past, present and future status of groundwater
characteristics over the Arabian Peninsula (AP) and west region of Iraq. The Umm er
Radhuma, Rus Dammam and Neogene deposits are the major hydrostratigraphic units supplying
the main groundwater resources in the AP. Water shortage is still a major proble...
Hybrid artificial intelligence (AI) models are developed for sediment lead (Pb) prediction in two Bays (i.e., Bramble (BB) and Deception (DB)) stations, Australia. A feature selection (FS) algorithm called extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) is proposed to abstract the correlated input parameters for the Pb prediction and validated against principa...
In the present research, radon gas concentration in the groundwater samples of the Abu-Jir region in Anbar governorate was measured by using Rad-7 detector. The highest radon gas level in the samples is up to 9.3 Bq/L, while the lowest level is 2.1 Bq/L, with an average of 6.44±1.8 Bq/L. The annual effective dose is varied from 33.945 μSv/y to 7.66...
This book is a first edition published on March 29, 2019, by the
American Geophysical Union (AGU) and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. that
they are of quality standards and well famous in the scientific community.
Editors “Sophie Decrée and Laurence Robb” had edited this
book in two sections focusing on the characteristics of atypical mineral
deposit featu...
This paper focuses on the geochemical composition and isotope geochemistry of brines in the Cenomanian–Turonian carbonate Mishrif reservoir of southern Iraq. Main dissolved constituents, trace elements, δ2H and δ18O, 87Sr/86Sr, mineral saturation indices and thermodynamic calculations were investigated in formation waters from the Mishrif Formation...
The Raw materials are of great importance for producing a high-quality Portland Cement. Calcium, silica, and alumina are essential components of the initial mixture used for the manufacture of the Portland Cement. The marl bed in the Euphrates Formation at the quarries of the Kufa cement plant was proposed to be an alternative raw material to provi...
The chapter targeted the geochemistry of radioactive isotopes dealing with multidisciplinary topics and focusing on geochronology and tracer studies. The most common subjects are presented to include the basic principles of radioactive isotopes. The radioactive decay, the parent nuclide, the SI unit of radioactive decay as well as the historical di...
The aim of this study is to evaluate the Late Miocene clay for manufacturing cement and bricks (ordinary and perforated) as an alternative to the recent clays from the agricultural land that are used typically for agricultural purposes. The claystone beds of the Injana Formation (middle of Iraq) was studied over 18 exposed sections, and sampled by...
The aim of this research is to provide a potential reserve of claystone suitable for ordinary Portland cement (OPC) industry using
clay from the geological formation instead of the recent clay currently being exploited with negatively affects the environment as
they reduce the agricultural soil. For this purpose, the thick exposed bed of Late Mioce...
To investigate a regions’ hydrology through modelling, it is critical to first be able to accurately simulate reference evaporation (ET0) from available regional meteorological parameters. Nine models including: (i) five data-mining algorithms (M5P, random forest, random tree, Reduced Error Pruning Tree and Kstar), and (ii) four adaptive neuro-fuzz...
This study aims to use the pollution index (PI) and integrated pollution index (IPI) to evaluate the heavy metals in the urban soil in Kirkuk governorate at north part of Iraq. The pollution indices are powerful tools for assessing the eco-toxicity which is very important issue that influences the ecosystems and human health. The heavy metals (Cr,...
This is a review paper on zinc-lead deposits and occurrences in northern and northeastern Iraq. These deposits can be genetically classified as low-temperature hydrothermal strata-bound deposits composed of simple sulfide ores of Zn-Pb, commonly associated with barite in the Northern (Ora) Thrust Zone, and as volcano-sedimentary deposits, composed...
1st International Conference of Geoheritage & Geotourism
Under the Patronage of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
Department of Geology, College of Science, with Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum at the University of Baghdad hold The Scientific Conference:
"Geoheritage and Geotourism and Their Scientific and Ec...
A modified water injection technique has organized by this study to improve oil recovery of the Mishrif reservoirs using polymerized alkaline surfactant water (PAS-Water) injection. It is planned to modify the existing water injection technology, first to control and balance the hazardous troublemaker reservoir facies of fifty-micron pore sizes wit...
Mishrif Formation is the main reservoir in oilfields (North Rumaila, South Rumaila, Majnoon, Zubair and West Qurna) which located at Basrah southern Iraq. The Inductively coupled plasma-Mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) was used for the water chemistry analysis and Scanning Electron Microprobe (SEM) for the purpose of mineralogy diagnosis. A weak acidic w...
The oil reservoir brines are very common geological fluids coexisting with hydrocarbons. The chemistry of brines is a
powerful tool for determining the brine evolution and its origin, constraining fluid flow at the basin and predicting reservoir
scales. This study targeted the Zubair brines in seven oilfields and investigated the geochemical evolut...
The hydrochemistry in the Mishrif reservoir, located at the main productive oilfields at Basrah, southern Iraq, is discussed. Water chemistry coupled with boron isotopes (¹⁰B, ¹¹B) were analyzed using ICP-MS and ICP-SFMS, respectively, and used to determine the subsurface fluid flow direction in the oil traps and interpret the rock-fluid interactio...
This aim of this study is to assess the Tigris River sediments and utilize them as a new abrasive for the preparation of polished surface of magnetite ore to be studied under reflected light ore microscope. Such polishing process was tested using 250, 125, 71, 45, 25 and 18μm grain sizes of the river sediments. For the completion of the polishing a...
This study aims to evaluate the use of Tigris River sediments as abrasives for polishing
marble surfaces to achieve a usable form as floor tiles, facing stones and ornamental stones.
Laboratory experiments using a wet polishing method with grain sizes of 250, 125, 71, 45, 25
and 18 l were used for polishing the marble surface. Buffing was then comp...
The study aims to differentiate the silica forms stratified in the siliceous geodes using infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The water content (total water, H 2 O mol and Si-OH) in SiO 2 . nH 2 O forms are used as the fingerprint for the different varieties of the silica morphs. For this reason, an irregular botryoidal spheri...
The Mishrif Formation (Cenomanian–Lower Campanian) is the main productive oilfield at Basrah in southern Iraq. It mainly comprises of shales and carbonates characterized by vertical phase transitions, including seals and oil reservoirs. This study establishes the Cenomanian–Campanian sequence stratigraphic framework through the integration of geoch...
The Alanish locality, situated along the northern passive margin of the Arabian Plate, is one of several Zn-Pb-Barite occurrences widespread in northern Iraq (north of Zakho City). The mineralization was emplaced in the Late Permian dolostone of the Chia Zairi Formation and can be seen at the superficial exposures. A scanning electron microprobe co...
ABSTRACT
The Cenomanian – Turronian sedimentary succession in the south Iraq oil fields, including Ahmadi, Rumaila, Mishrif and Khasib formations have undergone into high-resolution reservoir-scale genetic sequence stratigraphic analysis. Some oil-wells from Majnoon and West-Qurna oil fields were selected as a representative case for the regional s...
Despite of diverse progressions in hydrological modeling techniques, the necessity of a robust, accurate, reliable,
and trusted expert system for real-time stream flow prediction still exists. The intention of the present study is to
establish a new complementary data-intelligence (DI) model called wavelet extreme learning machine (WAELM)
for forec...
Cation and anion concentrations and boron isotopic ratio of brines in the Mishrif Formation (U. Campanian-Tuoronian) from North Rumaila, South Rumaila, Majnoon, Zubair, and West Qurna oilfields southern Iraq were investigated. The aims of this study are to define the type, origin of the oilfield waters, and its flow model in the subsurface oil trap...
Clay minerals are fine-grained, hydrous, layer silicates that belong to the larger class of sheet silicates known as phyllosilicates. The structure of clay minerals is composed of two basic units: tetrahedral, interlayer and octahedral sheets. Kaolinite a well-known group includes kaolinite, dickite, nacrite, and halloysite; formed by decomposition...
The present study is carried out on Abu Jir Fault across the Karbala-Najaf Plateau which is an outstanding fan-shaped geological feature located in the central part of Iraq on the boundary between the stable and unstable shelves. A clear variation of mineralogical composition percentages of quartz, calcite, feldspar, gypsum and gamma ray in both si...
The examination of past and new chemical–isotopic data (2H/1H–18O/16O,
11B/10B and 87Sr/86Sr ratios) shows the meteoric origin of the Sawa Lake (Muthanna
Governorate, Iraq) and its connection with the local aquifers, which feed the lake via the
groundwater emerging from its floor through fault systems. The chemical and isotopic
evaporation models a...
This study aims to assess the suitability of surface water and groundwater resources for irrigation and potable use by the rural communities in the Western Desert of Iraq. Sampling was conducted during the wet season (Jan 2012). Duplicate water and sediment samples were collected from the Euphrates River, connate water springs and meteoric groundwa...
The aim of this study is to prepare and assess the phosphorite efficiency for removal extrinsic stains and debris from the human teeth and luster increasing via a set of laboratory experiments. The phosphorite is composed of carbonate-fluorapatite, while the human teeth are composed of hydroxyapatite. Polishing of the human teeth was conducted by u...
This study aims to assess the Iraqi silica sand collected from Rutba Formation as an abrasive for grinding and polishing galena surface for mineralogical study under the reflected light microscope. Grinding is performed using four-grain sizes of silica sand (68, 46, 30, and 18 µm) which are equivalent to 260, 325, 600, and 1200 mesh respectively. P...
The Iraqi bentonite adsorption efficiency for
Pb(II) from aqueous solutions was investigated using batch
laboratory experiments. The adsorption affecting factors
(pH, contact time, adsorbent dosage, ion concentration, and
temperature) were empirically studied. The adsorption
isotherms were described using Langmuir, Freundlich
models. The adsorption...
Solid waste disposal in Jordan are economically valuable wastes have many industrial applications. The average person product is about 0.9 kg/day with total amount of 3, 7000 ton/day. The inorganic solid waste disposal in Jordan forms about 50% of total waste amounts. These are mostly consists of paper and cardboard (~15%), metals (e.g. iron, steel...
Fatha Formation (Middle Miocene) in Hit area, western Iraq was targeted for this study. Pure gypsum, bituminous gypsum and native sulfur were investigated for δ34S, FTIR and SEM to define the historical scenario of the paleo-environment and the relationship between sulfur, bitumen and evaporates (gypsum and anhydrite). SEM along with FTIR clarified...
The current study aimed to assess the Carbonate rocks as dimension stones for building. Carbonate rocks collected from the Mauddud Formation (Albian-Cenomanian), within the Western Desert of Iraq are studied petrographically, mineralogically and geochemically. Physical and mechanical properties of selected samples are found to assess their suitabil...
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The sulfurous springs in Iraq were investigated for therapeutic uses (balneology and mud-therapy). Sixteen springs as well as the Sawa Lake were investigated in terms of medical geochemistry. In water samples, cations, anions and trace elements (Al, As, Br,I using ICP-MS in ALS Laboratory Group, Seville, Spain. The springs are described as exclusiv...
This work aims to assess some of the Iraqi sulfurous springs for balneology and mud therapy. Seventeen sulfurous springs located along the Abu-Jir Fault Zone were investigated during 2011 in terms of hydrogeochemistry. Physico-chemical parameters including color, taste, odor, hydrogen number (pH), total dissolved solid (TDS), electrical conductivit...
This work focused on anthropogenic influences of trace metals distribution in the soils of Kirkuk city. Sequential extraction technique was used to determine the distribution of the chemical fractions of Ag, Cd, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, As, Cr, and V in the soil of Kirkuk city. This area is affected mainly by burning oil trash. Results show that these h...
Polymetallic sulfide ores (Zn, Pb, Fe, Cu, Ag, and Cd) found in the Alanish locality of northern Iraq are hosted by dolostone in the Late Permian Chia Zairi Formation. The Alanish locality is one of several Zn–Pb deposits that are widespread in northern Iraq, situated along the northern passive margin of the Arabian plate. This paper describes the...
Major, trace, and some rare earth element compositions in clastic sediments of the Dibdibba Formation (Late Miocene-Pleistocene) in central and southern Iraq have been investigated to describe the sedimentary environment and provenance. These sediments are classified as subarkosic to arkosic with few sublithic arenite, lithic arenite, and gray wack...
This work focused on anthropogenic influences of the trace metals distribution in the soils of Kirkuk city. Sequential extraction technique was used to determine the distribution of the chemical fractions of Ag, Cd, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, As, Cr and V in soil of Kirkuk city. This area is affected mainly by burning oil trash. Results show that these he...
The quality of groundwater in the Al-Hawija area was assessed using a water quality index. Data of nine physico-chemical parameters of 28 groundwater wells were used to calculate the water quality index (WQI). A heterogeneous water quality was reported, where in close proximity to the Lesser Zab River (LZR), it has low WQI values and permissible fo...
The iron mineralization is hosted in carbonate beds of the Garagu Formation (Early Cretaceous) at Gara Mountain, Duhok Governorate, Kurdistan Region, NE Iraq. The Garagu Formation is composed of a series of limestone and siltstone beds with iron-rich beds in the middle part. The iron-rich limestones are iron-rich oolitic grainstone and bioclastic w...
The hydrogeochemistry of groundwater in the Dammam aquifer was studied via 22 wells in Bahr Al-Najaf basin in order to identify the main hydrogeochemical processes and rock-water interaction. Groundwater in the Dammam aquifer is characterized by neutral to slightly alkaline hard water, excessively mineralized, and slightly brackish water type, in w...
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