GEOELECTRICAL SURVEY TO DELINEATE THE EXTENSION OF THE WATER BEARING FORMATIONS IN WADI GHARANDAL, SOUTHWEST SINAI, EGYPT | ||
| Journal of Egyptian Geophysical Society | ||
| Volume 2, Issue 1, 2024, Pages 75-84 PDF (1.12 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jegs.2024.374761 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ahmed M. A. Youssef1; Talaat A. Abdellatief1; Salah El Din Mousa2 | ||
| 1Desert Research Center, Cairo | ||
| 2Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In the last decades, the strategic situation of Sinai attracted the government to set a national plan for its sustainable development. Since water is an important factor of this development, this study was carried out with the aim of defining the groundwater occurrences along Wadi Gharandal and its tributaries. The area lies in the eastern side of the Gulf of Suez covering about 870 km2. It extends between Latitudes 29º 11’ N & 29º 25’ N. and Longitudes 32º 52’ 20” E & 33º 27’ 20” E . Geoelectrical study was carried out by conducting 35 Vertical Electrical Soundings (VES) along the main channel of Wadi Gharandal and its tributaries. This study revealed that the subsurface succession consists of 11 geoelectrical units equivalent to a succession extending from the Lower Cretaceous to the Quaternary. Some of these units are considered as water bearing formations. The subsurface succession is found to be affected by a number of normal step faults throwing towards the Gulf of Suez (East). These faults play an important role in the groundwater occurrences along Wadi Gharandal. | ||
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