Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
DOI | 10.3390/su13074004 |
Toward an Integrated and Sustainable Water Resources Management in Structurally-Controlled Watersheds in Desert Environments Using Geophysical and Remote Sensing Methods | |
Attwa, Mohamed; El Bastawesy, Mohammed; Ragab, Dina; Othman, Abdullah; Assaggaf, Hamza M.; Abotalib, Abotalib Z. | |
通讯作者 | Abotalib, AZ (corresponding author), Natl Author Remote Sensing & Space Sci, Div Geol Applicat & Mineral Resources, Cairo 11843, Egypt. ; Abotalib, AZ (corresponding author), Univ Southern Calif, Viterbi Sch Engn, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA. |
来源期刊 | SUSTAINABILITY
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EISSN | 2071-1050 |
出版年 | 2021 |
卷号 | 13期号:7 |
英文摘要 | Sustainable water resources management in desert environment has yet to be reached due to the limited hydrological datasets under such extreme arid conditions. In the Eastern Sahara, the tectonic activity associated with the opening of the Red Sea adds more complexity to developing sustainable water management by creating multiple aquifers within subsided half-grabens along the Red Sea extension. To overcome these difficulties, a two-fold approach is adopted including integrated remote sensing and geoelectrical methods using Wadi Al-Ambagi watershed in the Eastern Desert of Egypt as a test site. First, the total discharge is estimated as 15.7 x 10(6) m(3) following the application of a uniform storm of 10 mm effective precipitation, which exceeds the storage capacity of existing mitigation measures (5.5 x 106 m(3)), and thus additional dams are required. Second, the subsurface geometry of alluvium and sedimentary aquifers, within subsided blocks in the Arabian-Nubian shield (ANS), is delineated using 1D direct current and 2D electrical-resistivity tomography (ERT). Findings indicate that significant thicknesses of more than 80 m of permeable sedimentary units occur within the subsided blocks. Therefore, the scarce water resources can be managed by controlling the flash floods and suggesting proper dam sites at the location of thick alluvium and sedimentary rocks, where aquifers can be recharged representing a sustainable source for freshwater. The proposed approach is transferable and can be applied in similar arid rift-related watersheds in Saudi Arabia and worldwide. |
英文关键词 | DC resistivity soundings continental rift flash floods wadi systems Egypt |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
开放获取类型 | gold |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000638914400001 |
WOS类目 | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/351832 |
作者单位 | [Attwa, Mohamed] Zagazig Univ, Dept Geol, Zagazig 44519, Egypt; [Attwa, Mohamed; El Bastawesy, Mohammed; Abotalib, Abotalib Z.] Natl Author Remote Sensing & Space Sci, Div Geol Applicat & Mineral Resources, Cairo 11843, Egypt; [Ragab, Dina] Natl Res Ctr, Dept Geol, Cairo 12622, Egypt; [Othman, Abdullah; Assaggaf, Hamza M.] Umm Al Qura Univ, Dept Environm & Hlth Res, Nat Hazards Res Unit, Mecca 21955, Saudi Arabia; [Othman, Abdullah] Umm Al Qura Univ, Dept Environm Engn, Mecca 21955, Saudi Arabia; [Assaggaf, Hamza M.] Umm Al Qura Univ, Dept Lab, Mecca 21955, Saudi Arabia; [Abotalib, Abotalib Z.] Univ Southern Calif, Viterbi Sch Engn, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Attwa, Mohamed,El Bastawesy, Mohammed,Ragab, Dina,et al. Toward an Integrated and Sustainable Water Resources Management in Structurally-Controlled Watersheds in Desert Environments Using Geophysical and Remote Sensing Methods[J],2021,13(7). |
APA | Attwa, Mohamed,El Bastawesy, Mohammed,Ragab, Dina,Othman, Abdullah,Assaggaf, Hamza M.,&Abotalib, Abotalib Z..(2021).Toward an Integrated and Sustainable Water Resources Management in Structurally-Controlled Watersheds in Desert Environments Using Geophysical and Remote Sensing Methods.SUSTAINABILITY,13(7). |
MLA | Attwa, Mohamed,et al."Toward an Integrated and Sustainable Water Resources Management in Structurally-Controlled Watersheds in Desert Environments Using Geophysical and Remote Sensing Methods".SUSTAINABILITY 13.7(2021). |
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