The geology of Iraq includes thick sequences of marine and continental sedimentary rocks over poorly understood basement rock, at the junction of the...
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Gulf War (redirect from 1990 invasion of Iraq)
was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States. The coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key...
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Turbah Karbala (category Geology of Iraq)
کربلاء, lit. 'Soil of Karbala'), or Khāk-e Shifā (Lisan al-Dawat, Persian, and Urdu: خاکِ شِفاء, lit. 'Medicinal Soil'), or "Turbah of Imam Hussain" is...
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Atlas of Iraq Environment of Iraq Climate of Iraq Environmental issues in Iraq Renewable energy in Iraq Geology of Iraq Protected areas of Iraq Biosphere...
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Fatha is an area of Iraq between Kirkuk and Baiji. The Fatha formation is a geological features of Iraq. They appeared in the Middle Miocene. Lake Tharthar...
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Zagros fold and thrust belt (category Geology of Iraq)
Frontal Fault. In northern Iraq, the Zagros FTB is relatively narrow and this area is referred to as the Kirkuk embayment. This part of the fold belt lacks an...
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Hormuz Formation (category Geology of Iraq)
review of the Ediacaran to Early Cambrian ('Infra-Cambrian') evaporites and associated sediments of the Middle East". In Bhat G.M. (ed.). Geology and Hydrocarbon...
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Babylon (redirect from Babylon (Iraq))
modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 miles) south of modern day Baghdad. Babylon functioned as the main cultural and political centre of the Akkadian-speaking...
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(2006). Geology of Iraq. DOLIN, s.r.o., distributed by Geological Society of London. ISBN 978-80-7028-287-8. Le Strange, Guy (1905). The Lands of the Eastern...
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Petroleum geology is the study of the origins, occurrence, movement, accumulation, and exploration of hydrocarbon fuels. It refers to the specific set of geological...
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Iranian plateau (redirect from Geology of the Iranian plateau)
Persian plateau is a geological feature spanning parts of the Caucasus, Central Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. It makes up part of the Eurasian Plate...
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The Ministry of Oil (Arabic: وزارة النفط) is the cabinet-level ministry of the Iraqi government responsible for managing and developing the natural resources...
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status of women in Iraq has been affected by wars, Islamic law, the Constitution of Iraq, cultural traditions, and secularism. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi...
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Douglas Michael Morton (category People of the Iraq Petroleum Company)
authority on the geology of the Middle East. Between 1947 and 1953, Morton and fellow geologist René Wetzel worked together in Iraq for the Iraq Petroleum Company...
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The geology of Saudi Arabia includes Precambrian igneous and metamorphic basement rocks, exposed across much of the country. Thick sedimentary sequences...
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Hamrin Mountains (category Mountain ranges of Iraq)
or Çiyayên Hemrîn) are a small mountain ridge in northeast Iraq. The westernmost ripple of the Zagros Mountains, the Hamrin mountains extend from the...
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regions, most of the conflict has taken place in Northern Kurdistan, which corresponds with southeastern Turkey. The PKK's presence in Iraqi Kurdistan has...
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Scientific Conference of the College of Science, March 2009. The First Petroleum Geology of Iraq Symposium, April 2010. The Iraqi National Scientific Conference...
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West Asia (redirect from Geology of Western Asia)
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. The Olympic Council of Asia's multi-sport...
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Military geology is the application of geological theory to warfare and the peacetime practices of the military. The formal practice of military geology began...
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geologists. Strictly in terms of geological landmasses or tectonic plates, Europe is a western peninsula of Eurasia and of the Africa-Eurasia landmass....
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of Energy (DOE) estimated in 2003 that Iraq had 112 billion barrels (17.8×10^9 m3). The United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1995 estimated proven...
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Rumaila oil field (category Oil fields of Iraq)
Iraq, approximately 50km to the south west of Basra City. Discovered in 1953 by the Basrah Petroleum Company (BPC), an associate company of the Iraq Petroleum...
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monopoly on all oil exploration and production in Iraq between 1925 and 1961. It is jointly owned by some of the world's largest oil companies and headquartered...
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The concept is similar to type localities in geology and type specimens in biology. Nok (Kaduna, Nigeria), of the Nok culture Banpo (Yangshao culture, Neolithic...
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Shatt al-Arab (redirect from History of the Shatt al-Arab)
the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in the town of al-Qurnah in the Basra Governorate of southern Iraq. The southern end of the river constitutes...
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2017. "Moment Iran-Iraq earthquake struck – CNN Video". 13 November 2017. "M 7.3 – 29 km S of Halabjah, Iraq". United States Geological Survey. 12 November...
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Colin Powell (redirect from Coat of Arms of Colin Powell)
New York City public schools, earning a bachelor's degree in geology from the City College of New York. He joined the Reserve Officers' Training Corps while...
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ranch in Colorado. The show ran for four seasons, with each season consisting of 20 episodes broken into two 10 episodes parts. All episodes in each part were...
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The Iraq National Oil Company (INOC) was founded in 1966 by the Iraqi government. It was empowered to operate all aspects of the oil industry in Iraq except...
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