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Interpretation of Aeromagnetic and Aeroradiometric data of Gabal Al Juruf

Area, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt

Thesis · September 2014

DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.16010.88002/1

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 Interpretation of Aeromagnetic and
Aeroradiometric data of Gabal Al Juruf
Area, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt
A THESIS
submitted to the Geology Department , Faculty of Science, South Valley
University, Qena, Egypt. For the degree of M.Sc. in Geophysics.

By
Ahmed Mohammed El Dosouky Zaky
B.Sc. in Geophysics(2003)

Supervised By

Prof. Dr. Sayed Omar El Khateeb Dr. Salem Ramadan Salem

Prof. of Geophysics Lecturer of Geophesics
Geology Department Geology Department
Faculty of Science Faculty of Science
South Valley University South Valley University

Head of Geology Dept. Dean of the Faculty

Assoc. Prof. Dr. M.F. Mousa Prof. Dr. Hassan M.A. Salman

Geology Department, Faculty of Science

South Valley University
2014
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Praise is to ALLAH, the Lord of the worlds, by whose grace this work
has been completed.

My deepest thanks and acknowledgment to Prof. Dr. Sayed Omar El

Khateeb, Professor of Geophysics, Geology Department, Faculty of
Science, South Valley University, Egypt, for his help in solving the
problems during work, supervising the work, faithful guidance, and
critical reviewing of the Manuscript.

I would like to introduce my thanks to Dr. Salem Ramadan Salem,

Lecturer of Geophysics, Geology Department, Faculty of Science, South
Valley University, Egypt, for his supervision of this study.

Deep thanks are also to Geologist, Sabah Mahmoud El Samman,

Manger of Dababya protectorate, and other staff members for their
assistance during the work.

I’m deeply indebted to my best friends, Mohammed Zaky, Abd El

Rahman Yunis, & Morkos Roshdy, for their assistance and
encouragement.

Grateful acknowledgment is to my family, especially my parents, my

brothers, my sisters, my wife and my lovely son for their sacrifice and
continuous encouragement to carry out this work.

Thanks to everyone whom helped in this work and wish all of you
wonderful happy days.
ABSTRACT
 ABSTRACT

The area under study is located in the northern part of central Eastern Desert,
Egypt. The area approximates 2358 km² and extends from latitudes 2 00’ 2 21’N
and longitudes 32 40’ 33 16´ 43’’ E in the central Eastern Desert, Egypt. It is
covered in its central and eastern parts by igneous basement complex of Precambrian
age, while its western part is occupied by cretaceous and Quaternary deposits. The
aeromagnetic data was compiled from surveys that have been conducted in 1983 by
the Western Geophysical Company of America (Aero Service Division).

Airborne magnetic and radiometric datasets were processed to interpret the

geology and to estimate the depth of the magnetic sources in Gabal El Juruf area and
its surroundings, central Eastern Desert, Egypt.

The study was aimed at mapping lithology, delineating structural lineaments and
their trends as well as estimating the depth to magnetic source bodies of the area. The
data processing steps involved enhancement filters such as reduction to the pole
(RTP), power spectrum, upward continuation, downward continuation, horizontal
derivatives, horizontal gradient magnitude (HGM), vertical derivatives, tilt derivative
(TD), analytical signal (AS), source parameter imaging (SPI), and Euler
deconvolution. Lineament analysis of the obtained results showed that the area is
dominated by NNW-SSE, NW-SE, & NE-SW trends and WNW-ESE, NNE-SSW, N-
S, E-W, & ENE-WSW trends of less importance. Depths to magnetic sources
estimated by four different methods showed that the main depths for regional and
residual sources were 2.1 and 0.7 km respectively.

On the other hand, high sensitivity airborne spectrometry survey data were useful
for mapping surface geology of the study area. The composite image technique was
applied to aeroradiometric data to facilitates the correlation and delineation of
lithologic units based on differences in the radioelements concentrations and ratios.
The method showed practical success to map the basement sedimentary contact,
delineate igneous rocks, and highlights those rock types characterized by low content
of radioelements.
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