BioFusion Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
Engineering Geological Characterization of Proposed Sabaloka Dam Site
Abstract
Mohmmed Hassan
This study was carried out to investigate the selected site for the proposed hydropower dam that located at the six cataracts in the River Nile State, Sudan. The study based on the use of the enhanced landsat imageries and the structural analysis of the fractures in the investigated site. The River Nile bisects the Sabaloka volcanic plateau at the proposed dam site. The exposed rocks are Agglomerate, Rhyolite and Ignimbrite. The proposed dam axis is located in the relatively less fractured Agglomeratic rocks. The main fractures trends are NW and NE directions and cut, respectively the western and eastern flanks of the dam axis. Three boreholes were drilled at the proposed site by rotary drilling, geotechnical analyzes, and observation the results of the three borehole is typically matched in lithology it appears silt sand and agglomerate but there are some different in the depth of agglomerate