Geological and hydrogeological studies on El-Faiyum area and its vicinities and the propability of groundwater pollution in the area

Abstract

The present thesis mainly deals with geological, hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical studies of El-Faiyum depression and its vicinities. The studied area lies between

Latitudes 29° 001-29° 40 1 N and Longitudes 30• 20 -31° 00 E,

with an ar.ea of about 1700 Km2 with a general slope towards the northwest where lake Qarun is located. The Nile limits the studied area to the east.

For geological studies an 127 rock samples were collected from six surface sections distributed in the area under study namely G. El-Naalun, G. El- Lahun, G. El-Russ, El-Nazla,•Geziret El-Qarn/El-Dahabi and Sedmant. The author I ! mainly concerned with geomorphology, stratigraphy, microfacies analysis, paleoecological investigations and structural conditions.