The Impact of Some Geologic Structural Elements on Fuse Plug Southeastern Alignment of Mosul Dam

تأثير بعض المتغيرات الصخارية والتركيبية على المعاملات الجيوكهربائية لحقل كبريت المشراق (M-1) / شمال العراق

This work includes the preparation of aerial photogeological map and the study of many geological profiles. It also involves the study of stratigraphical division and correlations of the exposed bedrocks at Butmah-East and Raven anticlines, particularly the Fat ha Formation near Mosul Dam northern Iraq. It is evident that the sinkholes persisting through the area in question were initiated primarily within the upper part of the upper member of Fat ha Formation. These were produced from the dissolution of thick gypsum beds in addition to the structural interplay and intersections of lineaments and faults. It can be concluded that the recent sinkhole in the tourist city is a product of faults crossing and the study could predict a new sinkhole development about 200m to the southeast of the present one.