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DOI	10.1007/s12517-021-08661-4
	Geophysical studies for the aquifer properties along Wadi Nu'man, Holy Makkah area, Saudi Arabia
	Metwaly, Mohamed; Elawadi, Eslam; Taha, Ayman, I; El-Qady, Gad; Anter, Ahmed; Szalai, Sandor
通讯作者	Metwaly, M (corresponding author), King Saud Univ, Coll Tourism & Archaeol, Archaeol Dept, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ; Metwaly, M (corresponding author), Natl Res Inst Astron & Geophys NRIAG, Cairo, Egypt.
来源期刊	ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES
ISSN	1866-7511
EISSN	1866-7538
出版年	2021
卷号	14 期号:22
英文摘要	One of the main factors for the urban sustainable development planning is the fresh water availability, especially in arid area such as Holy Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The area has most important religious places for the Islamic world, and thus, millions of visitors are coming to the city every year. Almost half of fresh water demands in the area are coming from the decreasing groundwater that are embodied in the wadi deposits and fractured crystalline rocks. However, the fresh water demands are rapidly increasing; therefore, the evaluation of the water resources along the area is strongly needed. Integrated geophysical methods to evaluate the subsurface situation and water content have been applied along Wadi Nu'man that is bounding the Holy area. Aeromagnetic and geoelectrical resistivity sounding measurements have been carried out along the wadi. Processing and modeling of the magnetic data indicated that the depth to the basement is irregular and controlled by the subsurface structure elements and the basement topography. The subsurface basement relief model indicated two local basins that undergo to keep the precipitated rainfall. Moreover, processing a suite of 155 vertical electrical soundings (VES) has been carried out along the wadi to determine the varying alluvial thickness covering the subsurface basement and the degree of water saturation. The processing and interpretation of VES data had been controlled by the subsurface lithological information of the available borehole as well as the magnetic data interpretation. Based on the output interpreted models, 2D cross sections have been constructed to emphasize the alluvial wadi deposits and the basement. Finally, the water budget along the wadi has been estimated using the results of geophysical and available metrological data sets. The estimated water stored in the subsurface wadi deposits and shallow fracture basement is around 56 million m(3).
英文关键词	Wadi Nu'man Makkah Aeromagnetic VES Water budget
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000714378400025
WOS关键词	GROUNDWATER ; RESISTIVITY ; SOUNDINGS ; SHIELD
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Geology
来源机构	King Saud University
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/368225
作者单位	[Metwaly, Mohamed] King Saud Univ, Coll Tourism & Archaeol, Archaeol Dept, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; [Metwaly, Mohamed; Taha, Ayman, I; El-Qady, Gad] Natl Res Inst Astron & Geophys NRIAG, Cairo, Egypt; [Elawadi, Eslam] King Saud Univ, Deanship Sci Res, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; [Elawadi, Eslam; Anter, Ahmed] Nucl Mat Author NMA, Cairo, Egypt; [Szalai, Sandor] Inst Earth Phys & Space Sci ELKH EPSS, Sopron, Hungary; [Szalai, Sandor] Univ Miskolc, Dept Geophys, H-3515 Miskolc, Hungary
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Metwaly, Mohamed,Elawadi, Eslam,Taha, Ayman, I,et al. Geophysical studies for the aquifer properties along Wadi Nu'man, Holy Makkah area, Saudi Arabia[J]. King Saud University,2021,14(22).
APA	Metwaly, Mohamed,Elawadi, Eslam,Taha, Ayman, I,El-Qady, Gad,Anter, Ahmed,&Szalai, Sandor.(2021).Geophysical studies for the aquifer properties along Wadi Nu'man, Holy Makkah area, Saudi Arabia.ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES,14(22).
MLA	Metwaly, Mohamed,et al."Geophysical studies for the aquifer properties along Wadi Nu'man, Holy Makkah area, Saudi Arabia".ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES 14.22(2021).