Other Names: n/a
Location: Wadi Qasser Al-Hallabat basin, central Syria
Subordinate To: Department of Geology and Nuclear Ores and Department of Radiation Protection and Safety, Atomic Energy Commission
Size: n/a
Primary Function: Uranium exploration
Description: AECS' Departments of Geology and Nuclear Ores and of Radiation Protection carried out a radiometric survey of clastic phosphatic sediments in the Wadi Qasser Al-Hallabat basin of central Syria to explore uranium and to define its dispersion pattern. The results, based on ground radiometric surveys and geological studies, indicated that approximately one-third of the original uranium content of the basin sediments has been dispersed. Mechanical erosion and chemical-leaching by oxidizing waters were determined to be responsible for released uranium.[1]

Sources:
[1] Y. Jubeli, M. Al-Hilal, G. Rajja and A. Al-Ali, "Radiometric Profiles of Uranium Dispersal Pattern Adjacent to Cretaceous Phosphatic Sediments in Wadi Qasser Al-Hallabat Basin, Central Syria," Exploration and Mining Geology Journal, Vol. 7, No. 4, October 1998, <http://www.cim.org/geosoc/emgVol7-04.cfm>.

	Updated August 2003