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Geophysical investigation to anticipate the groundwater aquifers interconnection from Sohag to Assiut Governorates, Upper Egypt

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Geology

Abstract

Investigating groundwater resources in Egypt is crucial, particularly in light of the water scarcity issues in the hyper-arid region and ongoing climatic challenges. The replenishment of shallow aquifers by deep mega aquifers is significant because it supports the heavily utilized and easily accessible shallow aquifers. This replenishment occurs via vertical and sub-vertical faults. This study aims to predict the connection status between the deep Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System (NSAS) and the shallow Carbonate Aquifer System (CAS) from Sohag to Assiut Governorates (the Western border), Upper Egypt. In this study aeromagnetic data was utilised to reveal the subsurface deep-seated major faults, however, the major surface faults were traced from the published geological maps of Egypt. The analysis and interpretation of the data revealed that the main subsurface structural trend is extending NE-SW, while the main surface fault trend is extending NW-SE. This discrepancy in the extension of surface and subsurface faults indicating lack vertical and/or subvertical continuity. Consequently, no interconnection between the deep NSAS and the shallow CAS. Therefore, the upward feeding from NSAS towards the CAS do not occur in the study area. This anticipation is confirmed from the stable isotopic analyses for some representing groundwater samples which were carried out and published in a literature.

DOI

10.21608/aunj.2024.307370.1086

Keywords

Groundwater aquifers interconnection, Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System (NSAS), Carbonate Aquifer System (CAS), aeromagnetic data analysis

Authors

First Name

Ibrahim

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt

Email

ibrahimaboasem@science.aun.edu.eg

City

Alfath, Assiut Governorate

Orcid

0000-0001-6913-6633

First Name

Abotalib

Last Name

Abotalib

MiddleName

Zaki

Affiliation

Division of Geological Applications and Mineral Resources, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, Cairo, Egypt

Email

afarag@usc.edu

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-5852-0370

First Name

Haby

Last Name

Mohamed Hasan

MiddleName

Salah El-Din

Affiliation

Assiut University, Faculty of science, Department of Geology

Email

habysalaheldin@aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

Orcid

-

First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

Senosy

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

senosy@aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

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-

Volume

54

Article Issue

1

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52460

Issue Date

2025-01-01

Receive Date

2024-07-28

Publish Date

2025-01-01

Page Start

65

Page End

85

Print ISSN

2812-5029

Online ISSN

2812-5037

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2,242

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Assiut University Journal of Multidisciplinary Scientific Research

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https://aunj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Geophysical investigation to anticipate the groundwater aquifers interconnection from Sohag to Assiut Governorates, Upper Egypt

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28 Dec 2024