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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Engineering Research</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Engineering Research</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Инженерные исследования</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-8143</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2312-8151</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">19258</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-8143-2018-19-3-378-390</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Innovative use of mineral resources</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Геология и недропользование</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Morphoneotectonics and prospects of oil and gas presence in deserts of Iraq</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Морфонеотектоника и перспективы нефтегазоносности пустынь Ирака</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Al-Gurairy</surname><given-names>Ahmad Yasien</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Аль-Гурейри</surname><given-names>Ахмад Ясин</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Postgraduate student of the Department of General Geology and Geological Mapping, Russian State Geological Prospecting University (Moscow Geological Prospecting Institute). Research interests: search and exploration of hydrocarbon fields, study of the geological structure of the Arab plate and Mesopotamia</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирант кафедры общей геологии и геокартирования, Российский государственный геологоразведочный университет им. Серго Орджоникидзе (МГРИ-РГГРУ). Область научных интересов: поиск и разведка месторождений углеводородов, изучение геологического строения Арабской плиты и Месопотамии</p></bio><email>ahmad.yasien@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Naravas</surname><given-names>Anton K</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Наравас</surname><given-names>Антон Казимирович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Associate professor of the Department of General Geology and Geological Mapping, Russian State Geological Prospecting University (Moscow Geological Prospecting Institute). Research interests: search and exploration of hydrocarbon fields, study of the geological structure of the Arab plate and Mesopotamia</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доцент кафедры общей геологии и геокартирования, Российский государственный геологоразведочный университет им. Серго Орджоникидзе (МГРИ-РГГРУ). Область научных интересов: поиск и разведка месторождений углеводородов, изучение геологического строения Арабской плиты и Месопотамии</p></bio><email>gazon91@list.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Usova</surname><given-names>Valentina M</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Усова</surname><given-names>Валентина Михайловна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Senior lecturer Department of Geology, Mining and Oil and Gas Engineering, Engineering Academy, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University). Research interests: search and exploration of hydrocarbon fields, study of the geological structure of the Arab plate and Mesopotamia</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>старший преподаватель департамента геологии, горного и нефтегазового дела Инженерной академии, Российский университет дружбы народов. Область научных интересов: поиск и разведка месторождений углеводородов, изучение геологического строения Арабской плиты и Месопотамии</p></bio><email>usova_vm@pfur.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Russian State Geological Prospecting University (Moscow Geological Prospecting Institute)</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский государственный геологоразведочный университет им. Серго Орджоникидзе</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов (РУДН)</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2018-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2018</year></pub-date><volume>19</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 19, NO3 (2018)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 19, №3 (2018)</issue-title><fpage>378</fpage><lpage>390</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2018-09-13"><day>13</day><month>09</month><year>2018</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2018, Al-Gurairy A.Y., Naravas A.K., Usova V.M.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2018, Аль-Гурейри А.Я., Наравас А.К., Усова В.М.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2018</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Al-Gurairy A.Y., Naravas A.K., Usova V.M.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Аль-Гурейри А.Я., Наравас А.К., Усова В.М.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/engineering-researches/article/view/19258">https://journals.rudn.ru/engineering-researches/article/view/19258</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article deals with the prospects of Iraq’s oil and gas potential. It should be noted that there has not been much attention payed to the desert regions of Iraq located on the Arabian plate. However, recent studies show prospectivity of the Iraq deserts. As a result of the recent investigation of river valleys in the region, the following main morphotectonic processes were identified: rejuvenation of the river network and emergence of new river basins; division of individual rivers into two or more parts; interception of the river network. As a result of long-term field and cameral geological and geomorphological studies in the area of the Western and Southern deserts, it was possible to reconstruct the existing tectonic activity of the area from the Miocene period to the present day. It is established that the regional Euphrates fault on the territory of Iraq occupies an exceptionally important place, which was previously underestimated. Adjacent echelon faults of the following order formed a system of pre-existent tectonic blocks with different kinematics and morphology. The causes and mechanism of neotectonic Neogene-Quaternary movements of the earth’s surface are established. Thus, separate tectonic blocks are identified, which generally form zonal regions of uplifts or valleys. The areas of elevated blocks (for example, the raising of Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf of the third order) are created by plicative dome structures in the cover near the Euphrates fault, favorable for the accumulation of HC.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Рассмотрены перспективы нефтегазоносности Ирака. Последние исследования показывают перспективность территории пустынь Ирака. Определены следующие основные морфотектонические процессы: омоложение речной сети и возникновение новых речных бассейнов; разделение отдельных рек на две и более части; перехват речной сети. В результате многолетних полевых и камеральных геолого-геоморфологических исследований в районе Западной и Южной пустынь удалось восстановить существующую тектоническую активность района от миоцена до наших дней. Региональный Евфратский разлом на территории Ирака занимает исключительно важное место. Оперяющие к нему разломы нижеследующего порядка образовали систему долгоживущих тектонических блоков с различной кинематикой и морфологией. Установлены причины и механизм неотектонических неоген-четвертичных подвижек земной поверхности. Выделены отдельные тектонические блоки, образующие в целом зональные области поднятий или долин. Области приподнятых блоков (например, поднятие Наджаф третьего порядка) создают пликативные купольные структуры в чехле вблизи с Евфратским разломом, благоприятные для скопления углеводородов.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Euphrates fault</kwd><kwd>Arabian plate</kwd><kwd>seismic profile</kwd><kwd>hydrocarbon objects</kwd><kwd>Mesopotamian depression</kwd><kwd>geological columns</kwd><kwd>morphotectonic processes</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Евфратский разлом</kwd><kwd>Арабская плита</kwd><kwd>сейсмический профиль</kwd><kwd>объекты углеводородов</kwd><kwd>Месопотамский прогиб</kwd><kwd>геологические колонки</kwd><kwd>морфотектонические процессы</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Rafa’a Z. Jassim, Buthaina S. Al-Jiburi. Stratigraphy of Iraqi Southern Desert. Iraqi Bull. Geology. Minute. 2009. Special Issue. 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