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Chapter Two<br />

Geology of the study area<br />

Fig (2-4) Conglomerate represents the contact between Injana and<br />

Mukdadiya Formations<br />

2-2-7 Mukdadiya (previously Lower Bakhtiari) Formation<br />

Its age is Pliocene (Bellen et al., 1959). Lithologically, it consists of red clay,<br />

sandstone and pebbly sandstone, the size of grains increasing upwards until<br />

reaching the massive conglomerate beds of Bai Hassan Formation which is the<br />

boundary between them, and it is mostly conformable.<br />

2-2-8- Bai Hassan (previously Upper Bakhtiari) Formation<br />

It is of Pliocene age (Bellen etal.,1959).It mainly consists of coarse and thick<br />

fluviatile conglomerate, sandstone and claystone.<br />

2-2-9- Alluvial deposits<br />

They include deposits of flood plains, alluvial fans and river terraces.<br />

Flood plain deposits consist of a mixture of coarse grains soil(gravel and sand)<br />

plus fine grains soil(clay and silt) on the banks of the two permanent<br />

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