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Título: | Contribution of Gravity Data for Structural Characterization of the Ifni Inlier, Western Anti-Atlas, Morocco: Hydrogeological Implications | Autor: | Ikirri, Mustapha Jaffal, Mohammed Rezouki, Ibtissam Echogdali, Fatima Zahra Boutaleb, Said Abdelrahman, Kamal Abu-Alam, Tamer Faik, Farid Kchikach, Azzouz Abioui, Mohamed |
Palavras-chave: | Ifni inlier; crystalline basement; bouguer anomaly; residual anomaly; total horizontal gradient; Euler deconvolution; groundwater; Euler deconvolution; groundwater | Data: | 2023 | Editora: | MDPI | Projeto: | Researchers Supporting Project number (RSP2023R351), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Título da revista, periódico, livro ou evento: | Applied Sciences (Switzerland) | Volume: | 13 | Número: | 10 | Resumo: | The Sidi Ifni region in southwest Morocco is mainly composed of crystalline rocks with limited groundwater storage capacity. These water resources drain in particular fault zones with high fracture permeability. The main objective of this study is to describe the geological structure of the region to optimize future drilling locations. The gravity data were processed using various techniques, such as total horizontal gradient, tilt derivative, and Euler deconvolution, in conjunction with the interpretation of the geological data, to create a new structural map. This map confirms the presence of many previously identified or inferred faults and identifies significant new faults with their respective trends and depths. Analysis of this map shows that major faults are oriented NNESSW and NE-SW, while minor faults are oriented E-W, NW-SE, and NNW-SSE. The superposition of the hydrogeological data and the structural map reveals that the high groundwater flow values in the boreholes are located in the vicinity of the major faults and talwegs. The structures deduced from the filtering and interpretation of the gravity data suggest that the hydrogeological system of the Ifni Inlier is controlled by its structures. To confirm this impact, a high-resolution electrical resistivity map (7200 Hz) was used, with penetration depths ranging from 84 to 187 m. Negative boreholes, located in high resistivity ranges corresponding to sound basement formations without fault crossings, showed high resistivity values. The positive holes, located in anomalies with low linear resistivity, revealed the impact of fault crossings, which drain water and tend to decrease the resistivity values of the formations. Therefore, these new structural maps will assist in planning future hydrogeological studies in this area. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/113303 | ISSN: | 2076-3417 | DOI: | 10.3390/app13106002 | Direitos: | openAccess |
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