GULF OF SUEZ REVISITED: TEXTURE AND ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS OF SEDIMENTS, RED SEA, EGYPT

GULF OF SUEZ REVISITED: TEXTURE AND ORGANIC
CARBON CONTENTS OF SEDIMENTS,
RED SEA, EGYPT
KHADR, A* AND SAKR, E **
*Oceanography Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University
**Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport
E-mail: [email protected]
Key words: Gulf of Suez, sediments, organic carbon
ABSTRACT
The Gulf of Suez is one of the main waterways in Egypt which greatly supports
numerous industries that affects the Egyptian economy. The area has witnessed a
development in industrial( such as oil and gas exploitation) and urban activities. Oil and gas
industries are the largest in the Gulf and the neighborhood ports as well as tourism. The
bottom sediments of the Gulf of Suez are covered mainly by sand fraction primarily of
Biogenic origin. Finer clastic materials was brought into the Gulf by Wadi systems. The
sediments are characterized by relatively low organic carbon contents. The area of high
organic carbon content are situated near the places where Wadi mouths drained.