Structural Mapping and Groundwater Exploration of Al-Himma Village and its surrounding area, North of Minya Governorate, Egypt

The city of Matay is located at the eastern bank of the Nile River and about 41 km to the north of Minya city. The study area is considered one of the villages of Matay Center in Minya Governorate. Digital elevation model (DEM) used for identifying the lineaments with NW-SE, N-S and NE-SW directions. The extracted lineaments derived from geologic maps take NW-SE and NE-SW directions, while extracted lineaments from magnetic maps yielded N-S, E-W, NE-SW and NW-SE directions. Three Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) and drilled well were acquired in the study area to identify the occurrence of the groundwater and the drilled well confirmed the water depths obtained vertical electrical soundings. The water level start below 12.5 m at this drilled well. Subsurface lithology of the study area consists of four layers as follow; unconsolidated wadi sediments, clay stone layer, intercalation of sand and clay layer, and saturated limestone layer.