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Surface Water Potential and Suitable Sites Identification for RWH in the Semi-Arid and Arid Watershed of Wadi Sammalus, Northeast Libya Using GIS and Remote Sensing Approach
The watershed under investigation is located in northeast Libya and lies in arid (downstream) and semi-arid (upstream) regions with an aerial extent...
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2023: Weather and Climate Extremes Hitting the Globe with Emerging Features
Globally, 2023 was the warmest observed year on record since at least 1850 and, according to proxy evidence, possibly of the past 100 000 years. As...
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Development and Calibration of Transient Groundwater Flow Model for Al Kufrah Region, Southeast Libya
Al Kufrah basin, which is a part of the huge trans-boundary Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System (NSAS) shared by Libya, Egypt, Sudan and Chad, is a major...
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Reservoir quality and expected fluids for the Ordovician Hawaz sandstone in the NC186 Concession, Murzuq Basin, Libya
The present work evaluates the Middle Ordovician Hawaz sandstone reservoir in four wells (A25-NC186, A30-NC186, H2-NC186 and H4-NC186) distributed in...
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DRAINMOD Applications to Design Drainage Systems in Libya Using Soil Salinity Data Predicted by GIS, Remote Sensing and Artificial Neural Networks
Soil salinity in irrigated agricultural regions is a growing problem. Saline soil conditions have reduced the value and productivity of considerable...
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Middle Eocene benthic foraminifera from Qattamiya area, Cairo–Suez district, Egypt: biostratigraphy, paleoecology, and their relation to the Southern and Western Tethyan Provinces
This study deals mainly with the biostratigraphy, paleoecology and paleobiogeogrphy of the Middle Eocene benthic foraminifera from an outcrop exposed...
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The Permian Period
This chapter describes the Permian period’s geology, including definition, classification, fauna and flora, palaeogeography, and associated...
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Lithofacies Analysis of Lower Acacus Reservoir and Its Impact on Reservoir Quality Utilizing Borehole Images, Ghadamis Basin—Northwest Libya
The Silurian Lower Acacus reservoir is known as one of the prolific hydrocarbon intervals within Ghadamis Basin. It is characterized by an...
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Petroleum Geology of North Africa
The North African realm is one of the major oil and gas producing regions in the world, which contains several world-class basins. The petroleum...
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Ediacaran-Paleozoic Rock Units of Egypt Their Correlation with Adjacent Countries and Their Depositional Environments
This book presents the following geological contributions in Ediacaran and Paleozoic rocks. 1) It introduces four new rock units for the first time,...
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Other Fuel and Strategic Resources in North Africa: Oil Shale and Rare Earth Elements
Oil shale and rare earth elements (REE) are examples of the strategic resources in North Africa. Oil shale is considered as a major oil and/or...
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Geospatial Map** and Analysis of the 2019 Flood Disaster Extent and Impact in the City of Ghat in Southwestern Libya Using Google Earth Engine and Deep Learning Technique
Flooding impacts from heavy rainfall, thunderstorm, and other natural hazards are a significant concern in many areas of the world. The objectives of...
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Characterization and management evaluation of the nubian sandstone aquifer in Tazerbo wellfield of the Libyan man-made river project
Tazerbo water wellfield, located in southeast Libya, was constructed as part of the first stage for the Man-Made River Project (Eastern System)...
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The Devonian Period
The reader is provided with geological details about the Devonian period in this chapter, including its definition, classification, associations of...
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Oasis, Libya
The Oasis structure is an eroded crater located in desert of Libya and named after an oil company.
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The Ordovician Period
This chapter provides general geologic information about the Ordovician Period, including definitions, classifications, fauna and flora,...
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Impact Structures and Meteorites in North Africa
The arid to semi-arid climate of northern African countries is an asset for the preservation of meteorites and impact structures. The Sahara, the...
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The Carboniferous Period
This chapter informs the reader about the geology of the Carboniferous period. This geological background includes definitions, classifications,...
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Determination of natural radioactivity and radiological hazards in soil samples: Alhadba and Abuscabh agriculture projects in Libya
In this study, the radioactivity concentrations of the natural radioactive nuclides 238U, 232 Th and 40 K were measured in 26 surface soil samples of...
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Seismicity and Seismotectonic of North Africa: An Updated Review
The North Africa region extends from the Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba in the East to the Atlantic Ocean in the West, including five countries: Egypt,...