Issa Elias Issa

Issa.elias@ltu.se
2013-6-20
Supervisors
Sven Knutsson and Nadhir Al-Ansari
Lule University of Technology, Sweden

 Background
Mosul Dam
Methodology
Results and discussion
Summary and conclusion

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Topset beds represent

the delta deposits
deposits represent
which are Foreset
composed
advancing part of the delta
of coarse sediment
deposit (topset) in the
deposits with
a small
reservoir
towards the dam. The Bottomset beds are
amount
of beds
fine
forest
are different
from W.S.L
Original
fine sediment that are
particles. topset beds by an increase of
the slope and the decrease in deposited beyond the
delta close the dam by
their grain size
Dam site
turbidity currents
or
non-stratified flow

- Worldwide = 1% (Mahmood, 1987).

- Middle east region = 1.02% (Basson, 2008).

After 50 year

Matilija dam.
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Dam site

Mosul dam (1986)

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Mosul dam project.

 Topographic map.
Sedimentation rate.
Reduction in the storage capacity.
Adopted Area-Storage capacity curves.

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Mosul dam

80 km

60 km

.
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Location of Mosul dam.

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Mosul dam cross section (After Al- Taiee and

Rasheed 2009).

W. A - 380 Km2

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Satellite image of Mosul reservoir.

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TIN Triangular irregular network

1: 50,000
1983

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Mosul reservoir 1983 topographic map.

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Satellite image of Mosul reservoir.

UTM- Universal Transverse Mercator

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Projection of 1983 topographic map onto the satellite

image.

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Digitized points

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Locations of digitized points on topographic map.

m.a.s.l

Dam site

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1983 TIN for Mosul reservoir.

IVO- Imatran Voima Osakeyhtio Consulting Engineers, Finland (1968)

4.0%

7.7%
IVO

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Area-Storage capacity curves for Mosul reservoir dam

before dam construction.

Sea Charter 480DF

RTK-GPS - Real Time Kinematic Global Positioning System
15th of May ---- 3rd of June, 2011
Display screen
Antenna

Echo sounder sonar viewer.

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No. of GPS = 84,684

Boat path

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Path of the boat during the 2011 bathymetric

survey.

m.a.s.l

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2011 TIN for Mosul reservoir.

IVO-Adopted curves

1983 TIN

2011 TIN
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Sedimentation rate = 0.59%

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Storage capacities of the Mosul reservoir for 1986 and

2011 surveys.

m.a.s.l

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2011 TIN for Mosul reservoir.

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New area-storage capacity curves for Mosul

reservoir.

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Comparison of the new stage-storage curve with

displacement curves for Mosul reservoir.

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The zones of Mosul reservoir.

Storage capacity of all zones for Mosul reservoir dam for

two surveys.
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3-Dimensional bed profiles of Mosul reservoir.

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Longitudinal profiles of thalweg Tigris River within

Mosul reservoir.

1. Sediment deposited = 1.143x10-9 m3 (14.73%).

2. Sedimentation rate = 0.59% (45.75x10-9 m3/yr).
3. Sediment yield = 780 t/km2.yr < 875 t/km2.yr.
4. Sediment deposited:

Live storage = 0.5657x109 m3 (49.5%).

Dead storage = 0.5772 x109 m3 (19.62%).

5. Upper zone = 0.6 x109 m3 (52.5%).

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