Mineralogy of Recent Sediments of AL-Teeb River Basin East Missan Governorate Southeastern Iraq

The main aim of this research is to define the mineralogical composition recent sediments deposited around Al-Teeb river basin in eastern Missan, trying determine provenance or source these sediments. study area represents southeastern edge Mesopotamian Plain and part it. Quaternary deposits cover most area. It clayey with old sea aeolian deposits. These 95% area, while older rocks, which date back Tertiary (Late Miocene – Pliocene), exposed east northeast made up hills undifferentiated Pliocene Mukdadiya Bai-Hassan formations. light components consist mainly quartz, feldspars (potash plagioclase feldspar), sedimentary rock fragments (carbonate fragments, chert evaporates fragments), igneous metamorphic heaviest minerals are opaque, amphiboles, pyroxenes, chlorite, epidotes, biotite, garnet, muscovite, zircon, kyanite, staurolite, rutile. typically formed by rocks (single many cycles), low high-rank acidic basic pegmatite rocks. high percentage opaque heavy clastic sediment refers unstable stability issue areas during shows that there significant variances over several places, indicating dissimilar sources types