A Discovery of A Promising Groundwater Aquifer In The Alluvial Fan of Wadi Watir, Nuweiba Area, South Eastern Sinai, Egypt
Abstract
A geophysical method in the form of deep vertical electrical soundings measurements was carried out in the alluvial fan area of Wadi Watir in the entrance of Nuweiba city, South Sinai. The purpose was to delineate the lateral and vertical variation in lithologies and distribution of the groundwater aquifers to decide the best sites for drilling water wells The results of 50 vertical electrical soundings detected promising groundwater aquifer, which consists of saturated sand and gravel having resistivity values ranges from 31 to 120 Ohm-m .The depth to the aquifer ranges from 30 to 80 m.below groundwater level. The true resistivity values of the concerned aquifer are within the range of good water quality. The old buried channel of Wadi Watir under the alluvial fan sediments could be detected.
- Publication:
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EGS General Assembly Conference Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- 2002
- Bibcode:
- 2002EGSGA..27..108O