Lineaments trending in all directions cut the whole sequence of sedimentary rocks in the area. Many NW–SE trending faults are common in the eastern part of Rutba Uplift. Al-Bassam (1986) recognized several E–W trending faults in the Upper Cretaceous–Paleogene sequence north of Ga’ara Depression.Ga’ara Formation is the oldest exposed formation in the Western Desert of Iraq, which occupies the core and the inner rims of the Ga’ara Depression. Lithologically, the Ga’ara Formation consists of fining upward cycles of terrigenous sediments which usually start with sandstone that is pebbly in places, grading upward