314120

The impact of rock-forming minerals on groundwater, Samalut aquifer, West Minia, Egypt

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Applied and Basic Science.

Abstract

The water-mineral interaction processes can strongly impact the quality of groundwater. The present study focuses on determining these processes and assessing their role on the groundwater evolution in Samalut aquifer which is composed of fractured and karst carbonates. The aquifer was recharged mainly from Nile floods before the construction of Aswan High Dam (AHD). Forty four groundwater samples of Samalut aquifer and three surface water samples of the Nile River, Ibrahimia Canal and Bahr Yusef Canal were collected and analyzed for major ions. The groundwater salinity ranges from 407 mg/l (well no. 33) to 2467 mg/l (well no. 17). It increases due northwest. Six representative rock samples of Samalut Formation were collected from its outcrops and drilled wells. The mineral composition of these samples has been identified by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). They are composed of calcite, dolomite, gypsum, anhydrite, halite, illite and ankerite. The mineral-water interaction processes were determined by the inverse hydrogeochemical modeling using NETPATH. These processes include the precipitation of calcite, the removal of calcium and magnesium in exchange for sodium as a result of freshening by the recharge from the Nile, and the dissolution of gypsum.

DOI

10.21608/bjas.2023.202853.1157

Keywords

West Minia, Mineralogy, groundwater evolution, NETPATH

Authors

First Name

mahmoud

Last Name

Alsayyad

MiddleName

Abdou

Affiliation

Geology Department, Water Resources and Desert Lands Division, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

Email

mahmoud.aliwa17@fsc.bu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Tarek

Last Name

aggour

MiddleName

Ali

Affiliation

Geology Department, Water Resources and Desert Lands Division, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

Email

aggour_tarek@yahoo.com

City

Matariya

Orcid

-

First Name

Usama

Last Name

Abu Risha

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Geology Department, Water Resources and Desert Lands Division, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

Email

osamaaborisha@gmail.com

City

Matariya

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Geriesh

MiddleName

Helmi

Affiliation

Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

Email

helmi_mohamed@hotmail.com

City

Ismailia

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Arnous

MiddleName

Osman

Affiliation

Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

Email

arnous_72@hotmail.com

City

Ismalia

Orcid

-

Volume

8

Article Issue

5

Related Issue

42081

Issue Date

2023-05-01

Receive Date

2023-04-14

Publish Date

2023-05-31

Page Start

173

Page End

184

Print ISSN

2356-9751

Online ISSN

2356-976X

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https://bjas.journals.ekb.eg/article_314120.html

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Original Research Papers

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1,647

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Publication Title

Benha Journal of Applied Sciences

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https://bjas.journals.ekb.eg/

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The impact of rock-forming minerals on groundwater, Samalut aquifer, West Minia, Egypt

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28 Dec 2024