STUDY OF THE CORE SEDIMENTS OF THE NOZHA HYDRODROME, NEAR ALEXANDRIA, EGYpT By Massoud A.H. S... Department of Ou'anography, Faculty of Sciellct', A-loharem Bey, Alexandri(;, Egypt. wiJh 4 figures and 1 table in the text

STUDY OF THE CORE SEDIMENTS OF THE NOZHA
HYDRODROME, NEAR ALEXANDRIA, EGYpT
By
Massoud A.H. S…
Department of Ou’anography, Faculty of Sciellct’, A-loharem Bey,
Alexandri(;, Egypt.
wiJh 4 figures and 1 table in the text
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BULLETIN OF THE INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY & FISHERIE.lS 21
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A simple core sampler was devised to obtain seven
short cores from the Hydrodrome. The core samples
~ere ~ubjected to some physical and chemical investigatIOns In order to know the vertical variations in the
quantitative composition of the deposits after they
have been buried for· a long period.
The studied components of the sediments were
found in all sediment samples ranging from very high to
ver~ low values. !h~ water content of the cores gave
a wIde range of vanatIons. The bottom samples of most
cores were hard and gave minimum values of water.
Contrary to water content, the den~ity of the wet mud
increased with depth in most cores.
The organic matter, the calcareous substances, the
allochthonous materials and the diatom-silica were
deposited down in variable amounts at various depths
of the cores. They gave irregular higher and lower
values with a considerable wide range of variations.
!he quantitati~e distribution of these components
In the core sedIments was found to depend principally
upon certain factors which were disCUSSCQ.