Analytico-chemical studies of salinization processes in the Nile Valley

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" Analytico-chemical studies of salinization processes in the Nile Valley "
N. N. Dookeran

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1112757
Doc. No	:	TLpq303971883
Main Entry	:	N. N. Dookeran
Title & Author	:	Analytico-chemical studies of salinization processes in the Nile Valley\ N. N. Dookeran
College	:	University of Toronto (Canada)
Date	:	1991
student score	:	1991
Degree	:	M.Sc.
Page No	:	139
Abstract	:	The recent and rapid deterioration of some ancient and historic monuments along the Nile River has attracted the attention and concern of workers in various fields. Due to the arid climate in the region, the practice of irrigation is accompanied by salt deposits, on the ground and on the walls of monuments, contributing to the degradation. This is particularly evident at the Karnak Temple Complex. The theory of chromatography is applied to investigate the homogeneity of the soil system at Karnak. Cation selectivity of the soils, resulting in separation of Na and K, was observed. Other physicochemical processes occurring in the region are investigated. Comparative studies of the salt deposits at the Karnak Temples, the Great Sphinx at Giza and Hatshepsut Temple, Sudan, were done. The salt content of the groundwater in the latter two cases was minimal compared to that at Karnak.
Subject	:	Agronomy
	:	Agronomy
	:	Biological sciences
	:	Earth sciences
	:	Geochemistry