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Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Hussein Ahmed Khalifa

Professor of Economic Geology
Geology Department, Faculty of Science,
Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
E-mail: ibrahim_kh_2000@yahoo. com
Research experiences
Genesis of ore deposits.
Geological and geochemical prospecting of ore deposits
Petrogenesis of igneous rocks
Environmental studies

iii- Recent Publications:
1. Khalifa, I.H. and Arnous, M.O. (2012): Assessment of hazardous mine waste transport in west central Sinai, using remote sensing and GIS approaches: a case study of Um Bogma area, Egypt. Arab J Geosci (2012) 5:407–420.
2. Abdalla, F.A. and Khalifa, I. H. (2013): Effects of phosphate mining activity on groundwater quality at Wadi Queh, Red Sea, Egypt Arab J Geosci (2013) 6:1273–1282.
3. Ibrahim H. Khalifa & Rehab A. Seif (2014): Geochemistry of manganese-iron ores at Um Bogma area, west central Sinai, Egypt. International Journal of Advanced Scientific and Technical Research Issue 4 volume 6, pp. 258-283.
4. Hesham Abd-El Monsef & Ibrahim H. Khalifa & Mohamed Faisal (2015): Mapping of hydrothermal alteration zones associated with potential sulfide mineralization using the spectral linear unmixing technique and WorldView II images at Wadi Rofaiyed, South Sinai, Egypt. Arab J Geosci (2015) 8:9285–9300.
5. Ibrahim H. Khalifa & Ahmed M. Hegazi & Mohamed Faisal (2016): Geological setting for porphyry copper deposits in calc-alkaline rocks: Wadi Rofaiyed area, Sinai, Egypt. Arab J Geosci (2016) 9:336-357.
6. Mohammed Z. El-Bialy, Ibrahim H. Khalifa and Mohamed (2017): Continental intraplate volcanism in the Sinai subplate: The Oligo-Miocene basalts of the Gulf of Suez rift. Journal of African Earth Sciences 146 (2018) 158-179.
7. Mohamed Faisal, Xiaoyong Yang, Ibrahim H. Khalifa, Abdul Gafar K. Amuda (2020): Geochronology and geochemistry of Neoproterozoic Hamamid metavolcanics hosting largest Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide deposits in Eastern Desert of Egypt: Implications for petrogenesis and tectonic evolution. Precambrian Research 344 (2020) 105751.
8. R.A. Seif, A. M. Osman, R.M. Attia, A. EL-Azab and I. H. Khalifa (2022): Assessment of Heavy Metals Contamination of the Beach Sands along the Coastline between Damietta and Port-Said, Mediterranean Sea, Egypt. J. Rad. Nucl. Appl. 7 No. 3, 59-73.
9. A. M. Osman, R.A. Seif, , R.M. Attia, A. EL-Azab and I. H. Khalifa (2022): Radiological and mineralogical studies on the coastal area between Port-Said and Damietta. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2305 (2022) pp. 1-18.
10. Hatem M. El-Desoky, Ahmed M. Abdel-Rahman, Wael Fahmy, Ibrahim Khalifa, Salah A. Mohamed, Aref Shirazi, Ardeshir Hezarkhani, Adel Shirazy and Amin Beiranvand Pour (2023): Ore Genesis of the Abu Ghalaga Ferro-Ilmenite Ore Associated with Neoproterozoic Massive-Type Gabbros, South-Eastern Desert of Egypt: Evidence from Texture and Mineral Chemistry. Minerals 2023, 13, 307., pp. 1-20.
11. Mouataz T. Mostafa, · Habash El. Nady, · Ramadan M. Gomaa, ·Hany F. Abdelgawad, · Hassan I. Farhat, · Ibrahim H. Khalifa and ·Salman A. Salman (2023): Geochemical Baseline and Pre‑Mining Environmental Assessment of Heavy Metals at Iron Exploration Area, Northeastern Aswan, Egypt. Water Air Soil Pollut (2023) 234:456.
12. Mouataz T. Mostafa1, Habash El-Nady, Ramadan M. Gomaa, Salman A. Salman, and Ibrahim H. Khalifa (2023): Source identification, pollution status, and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals contamination in a highly populated unplanned industrial area (Wadi El-Qamar), Alexandria, Egypt. Egypt. J. Geo. Vol. 67, pp: 219-241.
13. Mouataz Tarek Mostafa, · Habash El‑Nady, · Ramadan Mohammed Gomaa, · Hany Fathy Abdelgawad, Mahmoud. Abdelhafiz, · Salman Abd Elraouf Salman, · Ibrahim Hussein Khalifa (2024): Urban geochemistry of heavy metals in road dust from Cairo megacity, Egypt: enrichment, sources, contamination, and health risks. Environmental Earth Sciences (2024) 83:37.
14. Mouataz T. Mostafa, Habash El-Nady, Ramadan M. Gomaa, Salman A. Salman, and Ibrahim H. Khalifa (2024) Contamination and sediment quality evaluation of toxic metals enrichment in heavy mineral‑rich beach sands of Arish City, Northeastern Egypt. Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41207-023-00449-0

Activities

Employment (1)

Suez Canal University Faculty of Science: Ismailia, Ismailia, EG

Professor of economic Geology (Geology Department)
Employment
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa

Education and qualifications (1)

Suez Canal University Geology Department: Ismailia, Ismailia, EG

Professor of Economic Geology (Geology Department)
Education
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa

Works (41)

Contamination and sediment quality evaluation of toxic metals enrichment in heavy mineral-rich beach sands of Arish City, Northeastern Egypt

Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration
2024 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85181246190

Part of ISSN: 23657448 23656433
Contributors: Mostafa, M.T.; El-Nady, H.; Gomaa, R.M.; Salman, S.A.; Khalifa, I.H.
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa via Scopus - Elsevier

Urban geochemistry of heavy metals in road dust from Cairo megacity, Egypt: enrichment, sources, contamination, and health risks

Environmental Earth Sciences
2024 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85180615837

Part of ISSN: 18666299 18666280
Contributors: Mostafa, M.T.; El-Nady, H.; Gomaa, R.M.; Abdelgawad, H.F.; Abdelhafiz, M.A.; Salman, S.A.E.; Khalifa, I.H.
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa via Scopus - Elsevier

Evaluation of Urbanization Influences on Beach Sediment Contamination with Heavy Metals Along the Littoral Zone of Alexandria City, Egypt

Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
2024-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0049-6979
Part of ISSN: 1573-2932
Contributors: 0000-0003-4899-7025; Habash El-Nady; Ramadan M. Gomaa; Salman A. Salman; Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa

Urban geochemistry: addressing scope, strategic importance, and challenges

Arabian Journal of Geosciences
2024-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1866-7511
Part of ISSN: 1866-7538
Contributors: 0000-0003-4899-7025; Salman A. Salman; Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa

Geochemical characterizations, pollution monitoring, and health risks of toxic metals released from an active phosphate mine in the Western Desert, Egypt

Journal of Sedimentary Environments
2024-10-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2662-5571
Part of ISSN: 2447-9462
Contributors: Mouataz T. Mostafa; Madiha S M Osman; Wael Fahmy; Reham Y. Abu Elwafa; Habash El-Nady; Ramadan M. Gomaa; Salman A. Salman; Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa

Integrating geospatial and petrographic modeling approach for the discovery of Sulphide-Deposits potential at the El-Kid Region in Egypt

Modeling Earth Systems and Environment
2024-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2363-6203
Part of ISSN: 2363-6211
Contributors: Sara M. Abuzied; Hamed A. Alrefaee; Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa

Geochemical Baseline and Pre-Mining Environmental Assessment of Heavy Metals at Iron Exploration Area, Northeastern Aswan, Egypt

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85164168684

Part of ISSN: 15732932 00496979
Contributors: Mostafa, M.T.; Nady, H.E.; Gomaa, R.M.; Abdelgawad, H.F.; Farhat, H.I.; Khalifa, I.H.; Salman, S.A.
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa via Scopus - Elsevier

Source identification, pollution status, and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals contamination in a highly populated unplanned industrial area (Wadi El-Qamar), Alexandria, Egypt

Egyptian Journal of Geology
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa

Assessment of Heavy Metals Contamination of the Beach Sands along the Coastline between Damietta and Port-Said, Mediterranean Sea, Egypt

Journal of Radiation and Nuclear Applications (J. Rad. Nucl. Appl.) 7 (3), 59-73
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa

Mineralization and alteration of Neoproterozoic VMS deposits from Shadli Metavolcanic Belt, Eastern Desert, Egypt

36th International Geological Congress At: India
2022 | Conference abstract
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa

Radiological and mineralogical studies on the coastal area between Port-Said and Damietta

Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2022 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85137171632

Part of ISSN: 17426596 17426588
Contributors: Osman, A.M.; Seif, R.A.; Attia, R.M.; El-Azab, A.; Khalifa, I.H.
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa via Scopus - Elsevier

Ore Genesis of the Abu Ghalaga Ferro-Ilmenite Ore Associated with Neoproterozoic Massive-Type Gabbros, South-Eastern Desert of Egypt: Evidence from Texture and Mineral Chemistry

Minerals
2022-02-22 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85151634132

Part of ISSN: 2075163X
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Geochronology and geochemistry of Neoproterozoic Hamamid metavolcanics hosting largest volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits in Eastern Desert of Egypt: Implications for petrogenesis and tectonic evolution

Precambrian Research
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85083649557

Part of ISSN: 03019268
Contributors: Faisal, M.; Yang, X.; Khalifa, I.H.; Amuda, A.K.; Sun, C.
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa via Scopus - Elsevier

Continental intraplate volcanism in the Sinai subplate: The Oligo-Miocene basalts of the Gulf of Suez rift

Journal of African Earth Sciences
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85015267668

Part of ISSN: 18791956 1464343X
Contributors: El-Bialy, M.Z.; Khalifa, I.H.; Omar, M.M.
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa via Scopus - Elsevier

Geochemical and multispectral data integration to detect environmental disturbance in Bitter Lakes, Egypt

1st international Conference on the future of energy, geology & Environment
2016 | Conference abstract
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa

Geological setting for porphyry copper deposits in calc-alkaline rocks: Wadi Rofaiyed area, Sinai, Egypt

Arabian Journal of Geosciences
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84964307750

Part of ISSN: 18667538 18667511
Contributors: Khalifa, I.H.; Hegazi, A.M.; Faisal, M.
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa via Scopus - Elsevier

Mapping of hydrothermal alteration zones associated with potential sulfide mineralization using the spectral linear unmixing technique and WorldView II images at Wadi Rofaiyed, South Sinai, Egypt

Arabian Journal of Geosciences
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84944937860

Part of ISSN: 18667538 18667511
Contributors: Monsef, H.A.-E.; Khalifa, I.H.; Faisal, M.
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa via Scopus - Elsevier

GEOCHEMISTRY OF MANGANESE-IRON ORES AT UM BOGMA AREA, WEST CENTRAL SINAI, EGYPT

International Journal of Advanced Scientific and Technical Research
2014 | Journal article
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa

Effects of phosphate mining activity on groundwater quality at Wadi Queh, Red Sea, Egypt

Arabian Journal of Geosciences
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84874950495

Part of ISSN: 18667511 18667538
Contributors: Abdalla, F.A.; Khalifa, I.H.
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa via Scopus - Elsevier

Assessment of hazardous mine waste transport in west central sinai, using remote sensing and gis approaches: a case study of um bogma area, egypt

Arabian Journal of Geosciences
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84897377911

Part of ISSN: 18667538 18667511
Contributors: Khalifa, I.H.; Arnous, M.O.
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa via Scopus - Elsevier

Petrologic and geochemical characterization and mineralization of the metavolcanic rocks of the Heib Formation, Kid Metamorphic Complex, Sinai, Egypt

Geoscience Frontiers
2011 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-79960838727

Part of ISSN: 16749871
Contributors: Khalifa, I.H.; El-Bialy, M.Z.; Hassan, D.M.
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa via Scopus - Elsevier

Radioactive and geochemistry characteristics of the garnetiferous granite of Um Sleimat Area, Egypt

Online J. Earth Sci
2007 | Journal article
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa

Sulphide mineralization at Wadi Nysrine and Wadi Tar localities, south Sinai, Egypt: Structural and ore petrographic investigation

Proc 8th Conf. Geol. Sinai Develop, 21-27
2007 | Journal issue
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa

Geochemistry and rare earth elements minerals of granitoid rocks of Ras Mohamed area, southern Sinai, Egypt

Scientific Journal of Faculty of Science, Minoufiya University 20, 315-366
2006 | Journal article
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa

Petrography and geochemistry of pyrite from the metavolcanic rocks at Wadi Sa’al area, south Sinai, Egypt

Jour. Petroleum and Mining Engineering (JPME), 23-34
2006 | Journal article
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Structural Control Of Sulphide Mineralization In Wadi El-Rusis And Wadi Remthi Localities, South Sinai, Egypt

Egyptian Journal of Geology 50 (1), 289
2006 | Journal article
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa

Petrological and petrochemical characteristics of some old granites in south Sinai

Proc. 7th Conf. Sinai Develop. 7, 81-92
2004 | Journal article
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa

The geological history, evolution and magma sources of the late-Precambrian rocks at Nuweiba area, Gulf of Aqaba, southeast Sinai, Egypt

Proc. 7th Conf. Sinai Develop. Ismailia 11 December, 2004
2004 | Journal article
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa

Radioactive impact of the Paleozoic sediments on the development of Wadi Ghweiba, northern Gulf of Suez, Egypt

proceed 13th Symp. Phaner. Develop. Egypt, 49-59
2003 | Journal article
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Application of multivariate statistical analyses in the interpretation of geochemical behaviour of uranium in phosphatic rocks in the Red Sea, Nile Valley and Western Desert, Egypt

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
2002 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0036226939

Part of ISSN: 0265931X
Contributors: El-Arabi, A.E.-G.M.; Khalifa, I.H.
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Ibrahim H. Khalifa via Scopus - Elsevier

Petrogenesis of late Precambrian Dokhan Volcanics suite at Wadi Meknas, southeastern Sinai

Egyptian. Journal of Geology 45, 309-323
2001 | Journal article
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Mineralization potential of Wadi Watir area, south-central Sinai:A preliminary geochemical prospecting

Al-Azhar Bull. Sci. 11 (1), 223-240
2000 | Journal article
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Tectonic evolution and mineralization style of St. Catherine environs, south Sinai, Egypt

Egypt. M.E.R.C. Ain Shams Univ., Earth Sci. Ser., 15-25
2000 | Journal article
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Geochemical evidences for petrogenesis of meta-pyroclastic rocks of Wadi Kid area, southeastern Sinai, Egypt

Egypt. J. Egyptian Miner. 11, 23-38
1999 | Journal article
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Integrated structural, mineralogical and geophysical studies for exploring the massive sulphide mineralization of Khashm El-Fakh area, southeastern Sinai, Egypt

Proc. 5th Conference on Geology of Sinai and Development, Saint Catherine
1998 | Journal article
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Geological and geochemical prospecting for assessment of base metals potentials in Wadi Kid and El Sheikh Awad area localities, south Sinai, Egypt

1997 | Dissertation/Thesis
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Geochemical characteristics of the metavolcanic rocks hosted sulphide mineralization at Wadi Kid area, south Sinai

Al-Azhar Bulletin of Science 7, 1755-1775
1996 | Journal article
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Geochemical orientation survey for copper at El Regeita area, southcentral Sinai, Egypt

J. Geol 36 (1-2), 345-357
1993 | Journal article
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Geochemical orientation survey for copper at Um Rinna area, west-central Sinai

Al-Azhar Bull. Sci. 2 (1), 377-395
1991 | Journal article
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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Geochemical orientation survey for copper in Sinai, Egypt

1991 | Dissertation/Thesis
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On the igneous rocks of Wadi Rofaiyed-Wadi Talaa area, south Sinai: their geochemistry, mineralogy and ore minerals chemistry

5th Conf. Geol. Sinai Develop., St. Katherine, Egypt
Conference abstract
Contributors: Ibrahim H. Khalifa
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