Integrated geophysical study to explore the groundwater in the tectonic plain between Wadi El Mahash and Wadi Um Markhah, Southwest Sinai, Egypt

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• 作者：Adel D. M. Kotb (1)
  Galal H. G. Hussein (1)
  Mahmoud A. ElHefnawy (2)
  
• 关键词：Geophysical exploration ; Geoelectric ; Magnetic ; Groundwater exploration ; Shallow refraction seismic ; Sinai ; Egypt
• 刊名：Arabian Journal of Geosciences
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：June 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：7
• 期：6
• 页码：2179-2197
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• 作者单位：Adel D. M. Kotb (1)
  Galal H. G. Hussein (1)
  Mahmoud A. ElHefnawy (2)
  
  1. Desert Research Center, 11753 El Matarya, Cairo, Egypt
  2. Geology Department, Faculty of Science, El Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
  
• ISSN：1866-7538

文摘

South Sinai Governorate acts as one of the most vital regions in Egypt for its location and natural resources. This governorate has a special economic importance to increase the national income due to its tourism expansion and petroleum. The fresh water is transferred from Cairo through pipelines to cover the demands of local inhabitants in the north Sinai governorate and the capital city of south Sinai governorate. The groundwater exploration and exploitation in this area have a great importance to cover the need of water for the different activities (tourism, petroleum, and agriculture) and to achieve a maximum development in this region. Therefore, the present study deals with using the different geophysical exploration techniques (magnetic, geoelectrical resistivity and shallow refraction seismic) to detect the groundwater aquifer or aquifers in the area between latitudes 27°52-and 28°05′?N and longitudes 33°55-and 34°05′?E. in southwestern Sinai—Egypt. The main results of these tools are the maximum depth to the basement surface 180?m and structure elements which affected on this area are represented by a number of normal faults have a trends (NNW–SSE and ENE–WSW) making two grabens isolated by one horst. Tariff Sandstone bed recorded as water-bearing formation and the basement ridge gates in the gulf direction are not capable to pass the ground water from the study area to the Gulf of Suez. Finally, the best locations for drilling groundwater wells were selected from the decision map which generated by using the GIS technique.