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Subsurface geology and geochemical evaluation of the Middle Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous organic-rich intervals, West Kalabsha area, Western Desert, Egypt
The West Kalabsha (WKAL) area is a western extreme exploratory area of the Faghur Basin in the Western Desert of Egypt. The study of four wells...
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Thermal treatment of Kalabsha kaolin deposits, south of the Western Desert, Egypt: contribution to geopolymer production as green building materials
Kaolin samples were collected to study the mineralogical, texture, chemical composition, thermal behavior, and treatment and also the possibility to...
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Seismotectonic studies in Aswan area, Egypt
Aswan area is characterized by complex tectonic and structural settings. It has very important strategic and archeological sites. The high density of...
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Seismic site characterization considering directional near-field seismogenic active faults in Aswan area, Egypt
Aswan area in South Egypt experiences continuous seismic activity due to seismogenic active faults, particularly Kalabsha and Seiyal active EW...
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Seismotectonic Setting of the Egyptian Western Desert
AbstractThe Western Desert of Egypt is an area of the Sahara which lies west of the River Nile, up to the Libyan border, and south from the...
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Management of Cultural Assets in Sudan from the Perspective of Sustainable Development Goals
Nubian heritage sites are situated between the Arab Republic of Egypt (hereinafter Egypt) and the Republic of the Sudan (hereinafter Sudan). But, the...
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Current State of Crustal Deformation and Seismic Activity from Seismic and Geodetic Data in Aswan Region, Egypt
AbstractAswan region is a very important region for Egypt where the High Dam is situated. The wellbeing of the dam and its encompassing region is of...
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Machine learning regression implementation for high-frequency seismic wave attenuation estimation in the Aswan Reservoir area, Egypt
Attenuation characteristics have been estimated to understand the effect of the heterogeneity in the tectonically active Aswan Reservoir, the...
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Provenance studies of Kalabsha kaolin deposits, Egypt: a petrographical and geochemical approach
The present study focuses on the kaolin deposit in Kalabsha area south Western Desert of Egypt in an attempt to determine its possible source,...
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Surface and subsurface structural map** for delineating the active emergency spillway fault, Aswan, Egypt, using integrated geophysical data
The High Dam is one of the world’s biggest embankments dams. Moreover, the new city of Aswan, which locates on the western side of the Nile River, is...
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Reassessment of the November 7, 2010 Earthquake Northwest of the Aswan High Dam, Egypt
On November 7, 2010, an earthquake of magnitude 4.6 ML hit the area between the High Dam and the old Aswan Dam, 4.5 km northwest of the High Dam. It...
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The active Kalabsha Fault Zone in Southern Egypt: detecting faulting activity using field-structural data and EMR-technique, and implications for seismic hazard assessment
Since November 14, 1981 earthquake (ML 5.6), about 60 km southwest of Aswan High Dam, the seismic hazard raised and the Aswan Local Seismic Network...
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Geotechnical properties of Lower Eocene limestones, Sinn El-Kaddab Plateau, southwest of Aswan, Egypt
This study investigates physical and mechanical characteristics of Lower Eocene limestone exposed on the Sinn El-Kaddab Plateau, southwest of Aswan....
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Phanerozoic Structural Setting and Tectonic Evolution of Egypt
The study of the Phanerozoic structural setting and tectonic evolution in Egypt has gained more attention during the last three decades. The present...
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The Implementation of Shallow Geophysical Survey for Detection of Some Buried Archaeological Structures in Aswan City, Egypt
Aswan is one of Egypt’s most attractive cities, with numerous of historical monuments. The current work in the Aghakhan archaeological site, is...
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Geotechnical Zonation and Vs30 Classification of Soil for Seismic Site Effects Evaluation in the Western Extension of New Aswan City, Egypt
The Egyptian government has been constructing several new cities in recent years to accommodate the rapidly growing population. One of these cities...
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A First Reliable Gravity Tidal Model for Lake Nasser Region (Egypt)
In the framework of the French–Egyptian Imhotep Project, two spring gravimeters have been installed in the area of Lake Nasser (Egypt) with the aim...
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Discrimination between earthquakes and quarry blasts in the Aswan region, southern Egypt, using P-wave source spectra
In order to distinguish between shallow earthquakes and quarrying activity, we evaluated 3069 seismic signals from 413 occurrences (112 explosions...
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Assessment of the Impacts of Groundwater Overdrafting on Water Quality and Environmental Degradation in the Fares Area, Aswan, Egypt
Groundwater contamination and the environmental impact of groundwater uprising due to overpum** are critical issues in Egypt. The main purpose of...
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The Phanerozoic Stratabound/Stratiform Ore Deposits of Egypt: Their Mode of Occurrence and Formation in Accordance with the Phanerozoic Geological Evolution
The present work provides an integral and comprehensive view on the mode of occurrence and the mode formation of the ores hosted in outcropped...