Each map is a single sheet, in color, with stratigraphic column and detailed explanation in the margin. Geologic atlas of the city of alexandria, virginia and vicinityoverview by anthony h. Geological mapping of the central cairosuez district of egypt, using space borne optical and radar dataset. Egypts government services portal classification by. Pdf geospatial technology and structural analysis for. Geology and mapping of laterites, south eastern desert, egypt. Geologic maps make use of specific map symbols to relate important information. Geological survey usgs publishes maps at various scales. Charpentier foreword this report was prepared as part of the world petroleum assessment 2000 of the u. Soon after the occupation of egypt by a british military force in 1882, the late prof.
Fleming, licensed professional geologist, 2015 background the city of alexandria is included in several smallscale, regional geologic maps and compilations, beginning with the first geological map of the washington, d. The four mt sites dark blue triangles of the initial noisetest program can be. Pdf application of remote sensing and gis in geological. The auxiliary sciences to mineralogy and geology 11re. Search geoscience australias extensive catalogue of data, publications, online tools, maps and videos. The complex tectonic setting of the cairosuez district as a part of northeastern egypt is responsible for the presentday geomorphological architecture and spatial distribution of the various lithologic units moustafa et al. Geological mapping of the central cairosuez district of egypt, using spaceborne optical and radar dataset. It provides a complete, consistent view of the geology. Pdf integrating geologic and satellite imagery data for. Which fiscal year fy has the highest number of exploration petroleum wells in egypt. The geologic information serves as a gis map backdrop, ensuring that all mt sites sample outcropping geologic unitsfeatures of interest. Notice the coarse crystal size and the fact that most are light in color pink, white, or gray. Figure 2, surface geologic map information has been put as a base map and displayed with other datainformation of interest. Production of an atlas for hydrogeological maps of.
The important topographic features along the study area comprise the ew structural highs of three slightly tilted fault. Geological mapping of the central cairosuez district of. A recent publication proposes the use of those indicators for agricultural, environmental, climate policies. The country also serves as a major transit route for oil shipped from the persian gulf to europe and to the united states. A geological map is a spatial representation showing the distribution of rock units and structures across a region. The topographic map remains an indispensable tool for everyday use in government, science, industry, land management.
Introduction to geological mapping lecture 1 6 viii accumulate a complete field library as much as possible e. This study used the ability of remote sensing technology to identify and map the lithological units and alteration zones in a gold prospect area in elbeida elkobra, south eastern desert of egypt by using landsat 8 oli, aster l1t and sentinel2 data. The geologic atlas of california 19581969 the geologic atlas of california was published between 1958 and 1969. Egypt geological map from omni resources international. Sparrow model results of longterm meanannual total nitrogen and. Box 530 maadi, cairo, egypt 2earth resources engineering department, kyushu. Rock units or geologic strata are shown by color or symbols. Assessment of the undiscovered oil and gas of the senegal province, mauritania, senegal, the gambia, and guineabissau, northwest africa by michael e. A geologic map or geological map is a specialpurpose map made to show various geological features. Conference paper pdf available march 2016 with 222 reads. This requires a database design or data model that is suf.
Mansura eastern 50 400 kilometres geological map appendix i sil survey papers. Subsurface structural mapping of gebel elzeit area, gulf of suez. Rigw, has published a series of hard copy hydrogeological maps of egypt in. Location and geologic map of gebel elzeit area, gulf of suez, egypt after conoco, 1987. The southern sinai metamorphic complexes are the northern uppermost part of the arabiannubian shield revealing the. The main goal in many geological surveys no longer is to create a single geologic map but to create a database from which many types of geologic and engineering geology maps can be derived. Since the 1800s, the usgs and its partners, the state geological surveys, have been producing high quality, standardized geologic maps of the nation. Knox,7 khaled ouda,8 moustafa youssef8 and wael fathi galal8 1department of geology, rutgers university, busch. In 2009, usgs began the release of a new generation of topographic maps us topo in electronic form, and in 2011, complemented them with the release of highresolution scans of more than 178,000 historical topographic maps of the united states. This map shows a combination of political and physical features. Egypt is the largest nonopec oil producer in africa and the thirdlargest dry natural gas producer on the continent.
Zimbabwe is one of nearly 200 countries illustrated on our blue ocean laminated map of the world. We make available the scoreboard for soil erosion indicators including sdg soil erosion indicator, cap context indicator. The important topographic features along the study area comprise the ew structural highs of three slightly tilted fault blocks of gebels. The egyptian geological survey egs was established in the year 1896 as the tasks and duties of the egs are similar to those of most geological surveys worldwide, and include mapping, grassroots mineral exploration, geohazard and geoenvironmental studies, hydro geological studies and services to the community. Most of these symbols are available via arcgis and also available within the astrogeology provided mapping templates. Check out the national geologic map database ngmdb, which is the national archive of these maps and related geoscience reports. Assessment of the undiscovered oil and gas of the senegal. The zohr discovery was a gamechanger for the region proof of a new play the eastern mediterranean has a complex, longlived tectonic history the eastern mediterranean has a favourable petroleum systems framework about 12 km of sediments in levantine with multiple source rocks, so with stacked petroleum systems and a first class messinian evaporitic seal. Marzouk geological and stratigraphical studies on the subsurface sequence in gibb afia2 well, northern western desert, egypt 129 the carbonates, largely or exclusively making most units of the cretaceous and tertiary systems, have a dual capacity for hydrocarbon generation and entrapment. The advanced spaceborne thermal emission and reflection radiometer aster data collected over both test sites sukari and abu.
The symbol for a geologic unit, labeled on the map and in the explanation, begins with the capitalized symbol for the geologic period or era. Geological mapping of the central cairosuez district of egypt. The turin papyrus map is an ancient egyptian map that is generally considered to be the oldest surviving topographical and geological map of the ancient world there are some older maps from outside egypt, thought these have been described as rather crude, and more abstract in comparison with the turin papyrus map. Emra services mineral exploration preparing detailed studies and geological and. It includes country boundaries, major cities, major mountains in shaded relief, ocean depth in blue color gradient, along with many other features. Bedding planes and structural features such as faults, folds, are shown with strike and dip or trend and plunge symbols which give threedimensional orientations features stratigraphic contour lines may. A geological map always has a key, from which you must be able to. Earth planets space, 57, 761765, 2005 structural mapping of quseir area, northern red sea, egypt, using highresolution aeromagnetic data ahmed salem1, essam aboud2, abuelhoda elsirafy1, and keisuke ushijima2 1airborne geophysics department, nuclear materials authority of egypt, p. Using geological mapping as a basis for exploration, mineralisation can be more effectively targeted and interpreted in terms of the underlying geology and the overall prospectivity. Mediterranean and nile delta concession map february 2019.
Geology and mapping of laterites, south eastern desert. Geological survey, menlo park, california introduction new concepts related to the mobility of the earths crust have focused attention on the red sea area. Pdf geological mapping of the central cairosuez district of. Illustrations of common structure symbols and faultfold relations are on pages 2 and 3. All maps in this slide show are modified from a postcard sized geologic map of egypt published by the egyptian geological survey. Berggren,1,2 christian dupuis,3 holeil ghaly,4 david ward,5 chris king,6 robert w.
The sinai peninsula constitutes an important district of the egyptian lands where it forms a triangular portion in northeastern egypt. Integrating geologic and satellite imagery data for high resolution geological mapping of meatiq dome, central eastern desert, egypt. Granite a piece of granite from the gsw teaching collection. Although more recent and more detailed mapping is available in many areas see current regional geologic map series, above, this set of maps is still the most detailed interpretation available for the entire state. Anyone familiar with the geographic outline of western arabia and northeast africa is struck by the apparent jigsaw fit that.
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