The Mesopotamian Mineralogy researches..

CLAY MINERALS DISTRIBUTION OF SUPRATIDAL
REGION, SOUTH OF IRAQ

B. Albadran* and W. F. Hassen

Marine Science Cenfre Univ. Of Basrah, Basrah — Iraq.

ABSTRACT

   Two boreholes were chosen in the southern part of Mesopotamian flood plain. Grain-size distribution, x-ray diffraction, and chemical analysis were determined on the clay fraction. The results showed that the dominant clay mineral is kaolinite followed by palygorskite, illite, montmorillonite and illite- montmorillonite mixed layers. It is suggested that the origin of palygorskite is a neoformation in sabkha region, in the presence of high evaporation, hypersaline and notable quantity of carbonates.

 

** Phd: Badir Naama Akash Albadran

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