This is of the more impressive cement plants (at least I think that is what it is) still in operation out west. Every time I fly over it I admire the landscaping efforts - it seems so out of place.
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cement means a limestone formation - old sea bottom maybe? often wondered what the underlying geology of the Iraq plain was - any ideas?ART
Dad,
I did a little research but almost everything I found was from the perspective of oil exploration - not just a general overview of the geology. From what I can tell it is a lot of water deposits and shallow basins that have filled in. One thing I can tell from the air is that it is very soft - just a little bit of water will create channels. I will keep looking - I may be able to find a book here that goes into more detail.
I used the mouse click...impressive! Rail lines leading out...that would seem to be an easy thing to disrupt. If disruption is your goal. If this plant is still functioning...are the disrupters running out of energy? Is this place so remote? Is the situation so much better in Iraq that oil is actually flowing and cement is being made and water is running through pipes? You probably don't have information about these situations but I am asking anyway. Landscaping a nice touch. That would take a LOT of water. (: Odd but encouraging.
As far as I can tell none of the rail lines in Iraq are working or at least I have never seen trains running along them. There are still a lot of attacks on the oil pipelines but a whole lot better than it was a couple of years ago. They do make a lot of cement around here but it is all transported by trucks. This area is only a few miles from the Euphrates River and based on open wells in the area the water table is about 40-50' deep. I imagine they have a well on the grounds to have that much water.
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