Reconstruction of former channel systems in the northwestern Nile Delta (Egypt) based on corings and electrical resistivity tomography (ERT)
- The current state of research about ancient settlements within the Nile Delta allows the hypothesizing of fluvial connections to ancient settlements all over the Nile Delta. Previous studies suggest a larger Nile branch close to Kom el-Gir, an ancient settlement hill in the northwestern Nile Delta. To contribute new knowledge to this little-known site and prove this hypothesis, this study aims at using small-scale paleogeographic investigations to reconstruct an ancient channel system in the surroundings of Kom el-Gir. The study pursues the following: (1) the identification of sedimentary environments via stratigraphic and portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) analyses of the sediments, (2) the detection of fluvial elements via electrical resistivity tomography (ERT), and (3) the synthesis of all results to provide a comprehensive reconstruction of a former fluvial network in the surroundings of Kom el-Gir. Therefore, auger core drillings, pXRF analyses, and ERT were conducted to examine the sediments within the study area. Based on the evaluation of the results, the study presents clear evidence of a former channel system in the surroundings of Kom el-Gir. Thereby, it is the combination of both methods, 1-D corings and 2-D ERT profiles, that derives a more detailed illustration of previous environmental conditions which other studies can adopt. Especially within the Nile Delta which comprises a large number of smaller and larger ancient settlement hills, this study's approach can contribute to paleogeographic investigations to improve the general understanding of the former fluvial landscape.
Author: | Marina Altmeyer, Martin SeeligerORCiD, Andreas Ginau, Robert Schiestl, Jürgen WunderlichORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-615455 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-70-151-2021 |
ISSN: | 2199-9090 |
Parent Title (English): | Quaternary science journal = Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart : E&G |
Publisher: | Copernicus Publ. |
Place of publication: | Göttingen |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2021/06/18 |
Date of first Publication: | 2021/06/18 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2021/07/26 |
Volume: | 70 |
Page Number: | 14 |
First Page: | 151 |
Last Page: | 164 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 484945483 |
Institutes: | Geowissenschaften / Geographie |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 55 Geowissenschaften, Geologie / 550 Geowissenschaften |
Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
Open-Access-Publikationsfonds: | Geowissenschaften / Geographie |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 |