Geophysical seismic investigation using high resolution sub-bottom Profiler in the Eastern Harbour, of Alexandria Egypt

Geophysical seismic investigation using high resolution sub-bottom
Profiler in the Eastern Harbour, of Alexandria Egypt
Morad B. Awad1
; R.M. Rashad2 and Tamer M. S. Nada3
1 Dept. of Mar. Geophy., NIOF, Alexandria, Egypt. E.mail: [email protected]
2Arab Academy of Science, Technology and Maritime transport
3Dept. of Mar. Sci, Univ. of S. Missi., Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
E. mail :[email protected]
Received 8
th September 2010, Accepted 10th October 2009
Abstract
Seismic methods are widely applied to exploration problems involving the detection and mapping of
subsurface boundaries of normal simple geometry. The methods are particularly well-suited to the mapping of
layered sedimentary sequences and are therefore widely used in marine exploration for oil and gas at sea, detection
of fluid mud layers and dredging levels below siltation, detection of the buried objects and the marine archaeological
investigations like wrecks, historical buildings and settlements. The present work is mainly devoted for the
collection and analysis of the seismic oceanographic and geophysical data in Alexandria Eastern Harbour, Egypt. It
is based on quantitative and qualitative interpretations using an up-to-date version of a shallow parametric non linear
sub-bottom profiler.
Keywords: Eastern Harbour, Sub-bottom Profiler, modelling, mapping, Mass excess & deficiency