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Groundwater studies in arid areas in Egypt using LANDSAT satellite imagesVarious features are interpreted which have strong bearing on groundwater in the arid environment. These include the nature of geological and lithologic units, structural lineaments, present and old drainage systems, distribution and form of water pools, geomorphologic units, weathering surfaces and other weathering phenomena, desert soils, sand dunes and dune sand accumulations, growths of natural vegetation and agriculture, and salt crusts and other expressions of salinization. There are many impressive examples which illustrate the significance of satellite image interpretation on the regional conditions of groundwater which could be traced and interconnected over several tens or even several hundreds of kilometers. This is especially true in the northern Western Desert of Egypt where ground water issuing from deep strata comes to the surface along ENE-WSW and ESE-WNW fault lines and fracture systems. Another striking example is illustrated by the occurrence of fresh to brackish groundwater on the Mediterranean Sea Coastal Zone of the Western Desert where the groundwater is found in the form of lenses floating on the saline sea water.
Document ID
19780006639
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Elshazly, E. M. (Atomic Energy Establishment Cairo, Egypt)
Abdelhady, M. A. (Atomic Energy Establishment Cairo, Egypt)
Elshazly, M. M. (Atomic Energy Establishment Cairo, Egypt)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1977
Publication Information
Publication: ERIM Proc. of the 11th Intern. Symp. on Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 2
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Accession Number
78N14582
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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