Prof. Abbas Mohamed Sharaky

: Faculty of High African Studies

: Sundays 6:00 - 7:30 pm, Mondays 6:00 - 7:30 pm

Prof. Abbas M. Sharaky

  Sunday1:00 - 3:00 pm or by an appointment

   sharaky@geologist.com
               or sharaky@yahoo.com

(02) 3567-5549 (Office)

0100 361 9699 

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INTRODUCTION:

Throughout the world, water is recognized as the most fundamental of all natural resources.  Water sets earth apart from all other known planets. The Earth is dominated by water. Earth is sometimes known as watery planet. Oceans cover approximately 71% or 360 million km² of the Earth's surface. Other places are covered with seas, rivers, lakes, swamps, glaciers, ponds, streams, swamps and marches. But water also exists in the air as water vapor and in the ground as soil moisture and in aquifers as groundwater.

Study of water resources can be divided into physical, chemical and biological divisions.  This first part of this course will be focused on studying of principals of hydrogeology including global water cycle, geological control, discharge, erosion, deposition, dams, water quality, pollution and modern methods in studying hydrogeology are essential lecture topics. Without a detailed knowledge of water flow patterns it is impossible to design rational development plans for using water resources. The second part deals with the most important water resources in Africa such as the main river basins, the major lakes, wetlands, and groundwater and the coastal areas in Africa.

Objectives and course goals:

        The main objective of the course "Geology and water resources in Africa"  is to understand the basic terms of geology, African Rift, hydrogeology, global water cycle, water budget, geologic factors controlling water, origin and characteristics of some African water bodies and their related deposits such as deltas, alluvial fans, flood plains, and economic mineral deposits.

The goals are to provide students with:

Teaching Materials:

• Several textbooks and variety of journal papers will be used in addition to lecture notes.  They will be available in the library ofInstituteofAfrican Researchand Studies to use.  We will use mostly a textbook called “Earth”.

  Tarbuck, E.J., and Lutgens, F.K., 2016, Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, 12th ed., Prentice Hall, New Jaersy, 876p.

• Introduction to Physical Geology Thompson, G.R. and Turk, J., 2014.
• Introduction to environmental geology, Keller
• Physical Geology, Plummer 
• Physical Geology: Exploring the Earth, Monroe
• Physical Geology,Montgomery 
• Geology Today, Murck
• Essentials of Geology, Lutgens
• Physical Geology,Renton
• Exploring Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, Davidson
• Water Books:
  • Shahin, M. 2002, Hydrology and Water Resources of Africa (Water Science and Technology Library), Kluwer Academic Publishers,New York, 659 p.
  • NBI, 2016,NILEBASIN: WATER RESOURCES ATLAS, 201p.
  • Dumont, H. J., ed., 2009, TheNile: Origin, Environments, Limnology and Human Use, Series: Monographiae Biologicae, Vol. 89.
  • Frenken, K., ed., 2005, Irrigation inAfricain figures AQUASTAT Survey. FAO

     ftp://ftp.fao.org/agl/aglw/docs/wr29_eng.pdf

Grading:

• Mid Term Exam  ….…...………….. 10%
• Research paper  ………………….. 10%
• Oral Exam….…..…………………..  10%
• Final exam …………………….…… 70%

Main lecture topics:  Download All Class notes in a pdf file (notes.pdf)