The proposed site of the cement factory is located within the Iraqi Southern Desert, Muthana Governorate, connected by net of roads. Stratigraphically; the exposed formation is Euphrates Formation (Early Miocene), besides ...

Zahra Formation is included in Pliocene – Pleistocene cycle on the Stable Shelf. It is exposed in the entire south western desert and karsts areas. It is of cyclic deposit fining upwards, starts with pebbly sandstone, ...

The map area is built up of sedimentary rocks ranging in age from Cretaceous to Pliocene, with different types of Quaternary sediments. Geomorphologically, the area is of hilly and mountainous nature, five geomorphological ...