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DOI	10.1007/s40899-015-0018-3
	Hydrogeochemical characteristics and age dating of groundwater in the Quaternary and Nubian aquifer systems in Wadi Qena, Eastern Desert, Egypt
	Moneim, A. A. Abdel; Seleem, E. M.; Zeid, S. A.; Samie, S. G. Abdel; Zaki, Sameh; Abu El-Fotoh, A.
通讯作者	Moneim, AAA
来源期刊	SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
ISSN	2363-5037
EISSN	2363-5045
出版年	2015
卷号	1 期号:3 页码:213-232
英文摘要	The study area is a part of Wadi Qena, Eastern Desert. It is one of the largest promising areas for development in Upper Egypt. A new desert road was constructed to join Upper Egypt to the Red Sea, passing through the wadi. This accelerates the forms of development in the middle part of the wadi. The development focused on new cultivation farms established through the drilling of tens of wells to extract groundwater for land reclamation. The present study focused on the assessment of groundwater quality, its origin and suitability for drinking and agricultural purposes. This is made through the chemical analysis of a number of groundwater samples. A comparison of the water quality with the standard of drinking and irrigation water quality revealed that the water was not suitable for drinking purposes and could be used for high salt-tolerant crops. The evaluation of the saturation index (SI) of the water sample indicted that water was oversaturated with respect to iron minerals and undersaturated with carbonate minerals The analysis of the isotope data (delta O-18 and delta H-2) of the water samples indicated that water samples of wells more than 500 m deep were mainly of Nubian sources (old water) and could be mixed by recharge from the Quaternary water. The other water samples showed that the origin of water was Quaternary, while the water samples collected from the shallow pits showed that water originated from the relatively fresh water. The study revealed that the old Nubian water was not renewable and should be managed properly to sustain the existing and proposed development.
英文关键词	Hydrogeochemisty Groundwater quality Saturation index Environmental isotope Age dating Wadi Qena
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Bronze
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000514101800002
WOS类目	Water Resources
WOS研究方向	Water Resources
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/331496
作者单位	[Moneim, A. A. Abdel] Sohag Univ, Fac Sci, Geol Dept, Sohag, Egypt; [Seleem, E. M.; Zeid, S. A.] Al Azhar Univ, Fac Sci, Geol Dept, Assuit Branch, Cairo, Egypt; [Samie, S. G. Abdel] Natl Ctr Nucl Safety & Radiat Control, Cairo, Egypt; [Zaki, Sameh] Gen Author Mineral Resources, Cairo, Egypt; [Abu El-Fotoh, A.] Res Inst Groundwater Res, Cairo, Egypt
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Moneim, A. A. Abdel,Seleem, E. M.,Zeid, S. A.,et al. Hydrogeochemical characteristics and age dating of groundwater in the Quaternary and Nubian aquifer systems in Wadi Qena, Eastern Desert, Egypt[J],2015,1(3):213-232.
APA	Moneim, A. A. Abdel,Seleem, E. M.,Zeid, S. A.,Samie, S. G. Abdel,Zaki, Sameh,&Abu El-Fotoh, A..(2015).Hydrogeochemical characteristics and age dating of groundwater in the Quaternary and Nubian aquifer systems in Wadi Qena, Eastern Desert, Egypt.SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT,1(3),213-232.
MLA	Moneim, A. A. Abdel,et al."Hydrogeochemical characteristics and age dating of groundwater in the Quaternary and Nubian aquifer systems in Wadi Qena, Eastern Desert, Egypt".SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 1.3(2015):213-232.