286644

TECTONIC GEOMORPHOLOGY OF WADI WASIT IN SINAI PENINSULA (EGYPT)

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Implications of environmental change on the surface landforms (geomorphology).

Abstract

Structural geomorphological landforms arise due to geological processes in tectonic regions. This study aims to identify the geomorphological landforms resulting from these processes in Wadi Wasit in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. The study depends on geological and topographic maps, aerial images, DEM (SRTM), fieldwork, and Global climate databases (POWER, ERA5). It used the GIS technique. The results showed that the surface rocks in the study area were deposited in the Upper Cretaceous, Paleocene, Eocene, Miocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene. The rocks consist of Limestone, Sandstone, Wadi deposits, Alluvial Hamadah deposits, and Fanglomerate.  It was affected by 41 faults and a concave fold. These tectonic processes formed geomorphological landforms in the study area, which are: Fault scarps, Cuesta scarps, Structural Basins, Faulted Wadies, and Gorges.

DOI

10.21608/ejec.2023.286644

Keywords

Tectonic geomorphology, Faults, Wadi Wasit, Sinai Peninsula, GIS, Egypt

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15

Article Issue

1

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39251

Issue Date

2023-03-01

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2023-01-02

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2023-03-01

Page Start

95

Page End

110

Print ISSN

2090-2271

Online ISSN

2090-6005

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1,344

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The Egyptian Journal of Environmental Change

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https://ejec.journals.ekb.eg/

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TECTONIC GEOMORPHOLOGY OF WADI WASIT IN SINAI PENINSULA (EGYPT)

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26 Dec 2024