Hydrogeologic investigations to determine the sources of groundwater recharge of Samalut carbonate aquifer in some wadis, East El Minia, Egypt
El Ammawy, M., Hewaidy, A., Moussa, B., Abdel Hafz, N., El Abd, E., Abu Risha, U. (2020). Hydrogeologic investigations to determine the sources of groundwater recharge of Samalut carbonate aquifer in some wadis, East El Minia, Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 9(1), 206-219. doi: 10.1080/20909977.2020.1734998
Mahmoud A El Ammawy; Abdel Galil A Hewaidy; Bothaina M Moussa; Nabil A Abdel Hafz; El Sayed A El Abd; Usama A Abu Risha. "Hydrogeologic investigations to determine the sources of groundwater recharge of Samalut carbonate aquifer in some wadis, East El Minia, Egypt". EKB Journal Management System, 9, 1, 2020, 206-219. doi: 10.1080/20909977.2020.1734998
El Ammawy, M., Hewaidy, A., Moussa, B., Abdel Hafz, N., El Abd, E., Abu Risha, U. (2020). 'Hydrogeologic investigations to determine the sources of groundwater recharge of Samalut carbonate aquifer in some wadis, East El Minia, Egypt', EKB Journal Management System, 9(1), pp. 206-219. doi: 10.1080/20909977.2020.1734998
El Ammawy, M., Hewaidy, A., Moussa, B., Abdel Hafz, N., El Abd, E., Abu Risha, U. Hydrogeologic investigations to determine the sources of groundwater recharge of Samalut carbonate aquifer in some wadis, East El Minia, Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2020; 9(1): 206-219. doi: 10.1080/20909977.2020.1734998

Hydrogeologic investigations to determine the sources of groundwater recharge of Samalut carbonate aquifer in some wadis, East El Minia, Egypt

NRIAG Journal of Astronomy and Geophysics
Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2020, Pages 206-219    PDF (4.58 M)
DOI: 10.1080/20909977.2020.1734998
Authors
Mahmoud A El Ammawy; Abdel Galil A Hewaidy; Bothaina M Moussa; Nabil A Abdel Hafz; El Sayed A El Abd; Usama A Abu Risha
Abstract
Thirty groundwater samples were collected from wells tapping Samalut fractured carbonate aquifer in the Eastern Desert fringes of the Nile Valley in Minia. The results show a wide variation of groundwater salinity and the graphical presentation of major ion concentrations reflecting variable sources and complex mixing. The inverse evolution modelling shows that the dedolomitization, dissolution of calcite, ion exchange, pyrite and gypsum dissolution are the main mineral–solution interactions controlling the groundwater chemical evolution along flow paths. This study provides evidence on the occurrence of recharge of Samalut aquifer from both the Nile and local floods.
Keywords
Groundwater; recharge; NETPATH; Desert fringes
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