Journal of Geology & Geophysics
Open Access
ISSN: 2381-8719
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2381-8719
+44 1478 350008
Department of Geology, University of Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
Research Article
An Integrated Approach for Identifying the Influences of Nubia Swells on
Aquifer Distributions and Potentialities
Author(s): Ahmed F Yousef*
There are a lot of broad basins in Africa surrounded by irregular swells. In East Africa, Nubia swell refers to a complete active east-west trending structure in south Egypt and north Sudan that extended more than 1000 km with a width reach 200 km. The influences of swell on aquifer distribution and potentialities are the main objectives based on huge data sets. Kom Ombo area south Egypt was selected as a case study for testing, where the hydrological setting does not understand. Swell many controls the distribution of landforms and rock units, drainage pattern, the course of River Nile, forming three depressions (Nuqra, Kom Ombo, and Gallaba), and the sources of groundwater recharge. Examination of their influence on hydrogeologic setting lead to shedding new lights on the Quaternary aquifer and discovery of karst and Nubian aquifer systems with saturated thickness reach to 1200 m. T.. View More»