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EXPLORING GROUNDWATER AQUIFERS USING GEOELECTRICAL TECHNIQUES IN WADI SAKHR AND ITS VICINITIES, NORTHWESTERN COAST, EGYPT

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Water

Abstract

An integrated geophysical survey including Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES), Transient Electromagnetic (TEM), and Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) was conducted in the area of Wadi Sakhr, Northwestern Coastal Zone of Egypt. The objective of this survey is to characterize the conditions under which the groundwater occurs in the Middle Miocene carbonate rocks, which dominate the study area. The inversion results of 9 VES and 17 TEM measured sounding data revealed that the subsurface geoelectrical succession in most of the study area consists of five layers in addition to a sixth geoelectrical layer capping the succession at the northern part of the study area. The water-bearing zones were detected within the lower part of the third layer in the northern part of the area and the lower part of the fifth layer in the southern part of the study area. The inversion results of 11 ERT profiles revealed the detailed resistivity distribution of the subsurface layers and confirmed the results of both VES and TEM surveys. Besides, it resolved details of several subsurface features.  
 

DOI

10.21608/ejdr.2021.50869.1077

Keywords

Wadi Sakhr, Northwestern Coast, Vertical Electrical Soundings, transient electromagnetic, electrical resistivity tomography, Groundwater

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Zaghloul

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Affiliation

Department of Geophysical Exploration, Desert Research Center, El-Matareya, Egypt

Email

mz2790@hotmail.com

City

Mataria - Cairo

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Volume

70

Article Issue

2

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20818

Issue Date

2020-12-01

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2020-11-17

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2020-12-01

Page Start

153

Page End

171

Print ISSN

1687-8043

Online ISSN

2356-9875

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https://ejdr.journals.ekb.eg/article_140482.html

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117

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Journal

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Egyptian Journal of Desert Research

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https://ejdr.journals.ekb.eg/

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EXPLORING GROUNDWATER AQUIFERS USING GEOELECTRICAL TECHNIQUES IN WADI SAKHR AND ITS VICINITIES, NORTHWESTERN COAST, EGYPT

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22 Jan 2023