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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tigerlily: [QB] [b]Geological Study: Muqattam Erodes 100 Meters by 2050[/b] By Aboul Seoud Mohamed 8/9/2008 Assistant Professor of geology at the Faculty of Science at Helwan University Yehia el-Kazzaz revealed a study he had conducted about the catastrophe of Muqattam and its potential collapse in the next years. He said that Muqattam is a plateau that is located in eastern Cairo. Its area is six square km and height 160 meters. It is formed of lawyers of limestone and thin lawyers of gypsum. Cracks divided it into three plateaus: lower, middle and higher. Vertical and horizontal cracks caused rock blocks to be formed, which could fall at any time. He said that the study revealed that Muqattam and its higher plateau, on which Muqattam city was set up, is characterized by caves, vertical joints and rockslides which formed slopes. The cliff of the higher plateau erodes at a rate of 1.7 m from the southern and the southwestern sides on an annual basis. Such a rate was calculated through scientific studies that were conducted on aerial photographs that were taken in 1956 and satellite photographs in 1989. The erosion rate in the southwestern side was 55 meters in 33 years. Suppose the erosion rate will remain 1.7 m a year, the sides will erode by 100 meters in 2050. This means the collapse of several luxurious villas set up on the southern and southwestern sides. There are two examples that prove this viewpoint: the abandoned International Muqattam Hotel on the southern side and Virginia Restaurant on the southwestern side. According to the erosion rates, the hotel and the restaurant or parts of them may collapse shortly. Rocks fell on the road leading to the high plateau, so this road should be closed. http://almasry-alyoum.com/article2.aspx?ArticleID=177859 [/QB][/QUOTE]
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