جيومورفولوجية تركيب أبو عامود وأثره في حرائق منطقة العكار في محافظة واسط

Abstract

      The study area lies in the southern part of Wasit Governorate and its survey is (642,412) km². This area witnessed repeated fires in 2010 for more than 30 days during April. The fires always started from 8 a.m. to sunset every day and firing for seven to eight times regularly.

      After having look on the Geological reports and the fields studies, it became clear that this area locates inside the borders of an underground structure called (Abu-Amood), and it is one of the most important Geological structures that contains a large store of oil which had a big role in causing fires in the area, particularly the occurrence of these fires was associated with the rise of heat, the season of reaping and the dryness of agricultural fields. In addition to the occurrence of ground's shakes in the area.

     The burning of fires with blue flames is a clear indication that there is gases coming out with oil through the cracks, and these gases such as Al-Methane which is one of the fast burning gases after its touching to the hot air or any other source used by the residents in cooking or baking. On one hand, moving the fires with the residents who left the village to other village lies (3)km and taking all their properties and clothes with them which were covered by fast burning gases to be burned from the other hand. The other evidence that refers to the existence of oil structure is the change of Garaf River in the area to the current running because of the structure which left the base of the old channel (the blind river) towards west (the recent river).