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fowzia@alsakhriconsult.com Dr. Fowzia Abdullah Geology of the Arabian Gulf and Failaka Island-Review
Petroleum Geology Consultant
ALNAFT ALSAKHRI consultancy
Geology of the BP and maximum trans- and on its far east and
Arabian Gulf gression was 4730 ±60 y southern sides they is
BP with 5 km advance from change to silt and mud )Fig.
17 present sea level. 3-B(.
This geological information Failaka
is very important to evalu- Topography
ate the human settlement in
Kuwait and compare it Failaka island is 6.5 km by
those civilization in both 13.8 km in size )Fig. 6-A(. It
Iraq and Iran. is relatively flat with small
low elevated hills that do
Geology of not exceed 11 m above sea
Failaka Island level )Fig. 6-B(. These hills
have been affected by ero-
Failaka Island, located 20 sional processes and some
km offshore Kuwait City is of the hills have saddle
surrounded by different dep- shapes. There is a plateau
ositional environments such in the middles of the island.
as tidal flats and rocky The hills are composed of
beaches. Water depth rich consolidated sand
around Failaka is 0-5 m in- mixed with marine shells.
creasing eastward of the is- There are some muddy
land. Water Salinity during sand deposits on some por-
summer is 30-37%o, while in tions of the hills. Low val-
spring the salinity in the leys are covering most parts
northern beach area is 29- of the island. The slope of
32%o, and towards the these valleys is around 1%.
southern beaches is 25- The east valleys are areas
32%o )Fig. 5(. The sedi- of water accumulation
ments around Failaka are which turn to form sabkhas
mixed sand and silt deposits during dry seasons.
