Landsat-based lithological mapping of the Neoproterozoic rocks in the Egyptian Nubian Shield: Case Study from Wadi Zeidun Area, Central Tectonic Province
El-Tawapty, M., Saad, H., Hamimi, Z., Khamis, H., Khalil, M. (2025). Landsat-based lithological mapping of the Neoproterozoic rocks in the Egyptian Nubian Shield: Case Study from Wadi Zeidun Area, Central Tectonic Province. EKB Journal Management System, 15(1), 82-89. doi: 10.21608/sjdfs.2025.422525
Mahmoud N. El-Tawapty; Hoda ragab Saad; Zakaria Hamimi; Hosam Khamis; Magdi Khalil. "Landsat-based lithological mapping of the Neoproterozoic rocks in the Egyptian Nubian Shield: Case Study from Wadi Zeidun Area, Central Tectonic Province". EKB Journal Management System, 15, 1, 2025, 82-89. doi: 10.21608/sjdfs.2025.422525
El-Tawapty, M., Saad, H., Hamimi, Z., Khamis, H., Khalil, M. (2025). 'Landsat-based lithological mapping of the Neoproterozoic rocks in the Egyptian Nubian Shield: Case Study from Wadi Zeidun Area, Central Tectonic Province', EKB Journal Management System, 15(1), pp. 82-89. doi: 10.21608/sjdfs.2025.422525
El-Tawapty, M., Saad, H., Hamimi, Z., Khamis, H., Khalil, M. Landsat-based lithological mapping of the Neoproterozoic rocks in the Egyptian Nubian Shield: Case Study from Wadi Zeidun Area, Central Tectonic Province. EKB Journal Management System, 2025; 15(1): 82-89. doi: 10.21608/sjdfs.2025.422525

Landsat-based lithological mapping of the Neoproterozoic rocks in the Egyptian Nubian Shield: Case Study from Wadi Zeidun Area, Central Tectonic Province

Scientific Journal for Damietta Faculty of Science
Volume 15, Issue 1, April 2025, Page 82-89  XML PDF (1.33 MB)
Document Type: Original articles
DOI: 10.21608/sjdfs.2025.422525
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Authors
Mahmoud N. El-Tawapty email 1; Hoda ragab Saad1; Zakaria Hamimi2; Hosam Khamis3; Magdi Khalil4
1Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, New Damietta, Egypt
2Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha , Egypt
3Nuclear Material Authority, Cairo, Egypt
4Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, New Damieta, Egypt
Abstract
Wadi Zeidun area is located south of the Qift-Quseir road, along the western boundary of the Central Eastern Desert (CED). It is covered by a variety of Neoproterozoic rock units, including metaultramafics (both massive and sheared), metagabbros, metavolcanics, volcanoclastic metasediments, arc assemblage, gneissose granite, as well as older and younger granites. These units are unconformably overlain by a post-amalgamation sequence of molasse sediments (Hammamat Group). Post-Hammamat felsites do exist. This study investigates the effectiveness of remote sensing techniques, particularly using Landsat-8 data , fieldwork data and existing geological maps, to map the Neoproterozoic rocks outcropping to the East Wadi Zeidun area. The Landsat-8 data enabled the identification of Hammamat Molasse Sediment, post-Hammamat felsites and granites through the decorrelation stretch of the False Color Composite (FCC) 7:6:5 in RGB. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) in RGB (PC4, PC3, PC2) successfully distinguished the post-Hammamat felsites, arc assemblage, younger granite and Hammamat Sediments. Furthermore, specific band ratio combinations (BRC) such as (7/5, 5/4, 6/7) and (4/2, 6/5, 6/7) in RGB distinguished ophiolites, metavolcanics, metasediments, Hammamat Sediments, younger granites, and post-Hammamat felsites. The results obtained from image processing were validated through field verification and ground truthing.
Keywords
Landsat; Neoproterozoic rocks; Egyptian Nubian Shield; Wadi Zeidun Area; Central Tectonic Province
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