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DOI	10.3390/su13179841
	Hydrogeophysical Study of Sub-Basaltic Alluvial Aquifer in the Southern Part of Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, Saudi Arabia
	Metwaly, Mohamed; Abdalla, Fathy; Taha, Ayman, I
通讯作者	Metwaly, M (corresponding author), King Saud Univ, Coll Tourism & Archaeol, Dept Archaeol, Riyadh 12372, Saudi Arabia. ; Metwaly, M (corresponding author), Natl Res Inst Astron & Geophys NRIAG, Cairo 11421, Egypt.
来源期刊	SUSTAINABILITY
EISSN	2071-1050
出版年	2021
卷号	13 期号:17
英文摘要	Groundwater is extremely important in a water-scarce country such as Saudi Arabia, where permanent surface water resources are absent. Sustainable and future developments plans are essentially relying on the clear understanding of water resources. To evaluate the water resources in arid countries, the groundwater should be quantified through either traditional or scientifically advanced techniques. Aquifer characteristics, particularly the hydraulic conductivity and transmissivity, are essential for the evaluation the aquifer properties as well as the management and development of groundwater modelling for specific aquifers. The present study aims to evaluate the sub-basaltic alluvial aquifer in the northern part of Harrat Rahat, south of Al-Madinah city, and then estimates the principal aquifer's hydraulic parameters based on the interpreted 1D resistivity-depth models along the study area. For that, 49 Vertical Electrical Soundings (VES's) utilizing a Schlumberger electrode array were performed along the southern part of Al-Madinah city. The resistivity of the water-bearing formation, thickness, porosity, hydraulic conductivity, and transmissivity parameters were calculated along the measured longitudinal profile from the interpreted VES data. The estimated porosity, hydraulic conductivity, and transmissivity were achieved along the whole profile with average values of 0.2, 3.5 m/day, and 369.6 m(2)/day, respectively. The resulting transmissivity values from the VES models were compared with those of previous pumping test measurements carried out in the area and a reasonable correlation between the two data sets was observed. These results indicate that surface geoelectrical resistivity techniques may provide an alternative, rapid, and cost-effective method of estimating the aquifer hydraulic parameters where pumping data is rare or unavailable.
英文关键词	Al-Madinah groundwater Vertical Electrical Sounding porosity hydraulic conductivity transmissivity
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:000694540500001
WOS关键词	ELECTRICAL-RESISTIVITY DATA ; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY ; BASIN ; PARAMETERS ; AREA ; CITY
WOS类目	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
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/2XILL650/368478
作者单位	[Metwaly, Mohamed] King Saud Univ, Coll Tourism & Archaeol, Dept Archaeol, Riyadh 12372, Saudi Arabia; [Metwaly, Mohamed; Taha, Ayman, I] Natl Res Inst Astron & Geophys NRIAG, Cairo 11421, Egypt; [Abdalla, Fathy] King Saud Univ, Sci Res, Riyadh 11362, Saudi Arabia; [Abdalla, Fathy] South Valley Univ, Fac Sci, Geol Dept, Qena 83523, Egypt
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Metwaly, Mohamed,Abdalla, Fathy,Taha, Ayman, I. Hydrogeophysical Study of Sub-Basaltic Alluvial Aquifer in the Southern Part of Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, Saudi Arabia[J]. King Saud University,2021,13(17).
APA	Metwaly, Mohamed,Abdalla, Fathy,&Taha, Ayman, I.(2021).Hydrogeophysical Study of Sub-Basaltic Alluvial Aquifer in the Southern Part of Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, Saudi Arabia.SUSTAINABILITY,13(17).
MLA	Metwaly, Mohamed,et al."Hydrogeophysical Study of Sub-Basaltic Alluvial Aquifer in the Southern Part of Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, Saudi Arabia".SUSTAINABILITY 13.17(2021).