Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50908#.VFB8nlfHRK0 Author(s) Varoujan K. Sissakian 1 , Ahmad T. Shihab 2 , Nadhir Al-Ansari 3 , Sven Knutsson 3 Affiliation(s) 1 Consultant Geologist, Erbil, Iraq . 2 Iraq Geological Survey, Baghdad, Iraq . 3 Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden . ABSTRACT Al-Batin alluvial fan is one of the largest alluvial fans in Iraq, especially in the Iraqi Southern Desert. Its eastern and southern limits form parts of the Iraqi-Kuwait international borders. The fan is deposited by Wadi Al-Batin, the last apex being on the southern limits of the main wide depression formed by the active Abu Jir-Euphrates Fault Zone. The main ...
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