Table 1.

Physicochemical characteristics in sediments from the Egyptian Mediterranean coast

location	Station	CaCO3 %	TOC%	pH	Grain size analysis
					Sand	Mud (Silt & clay)	Texture
El-Salloum	1	34.79	0.26	8.26	86.85	13.15	Very fine sand
Baghoush	2	94.45	0.32	8.21	99.99	0.01	Fine sand
El-Nobarreya	3	95.49	0.72	8.26	100	0.0	Fine sand
El-Dikhaila	4	85.42	0.34	8.31	99.96	0.04	Fine sand
El-Mex	5	67.24	0.31	7.98	100	0.0	Coarse sand
Western Harbour	6	95.57	0.38	7.82	100	0.0	Very coarse sand
NIOF	7	91.64	1.00	7.84	98.26	1.74	Fine sand
Eastern Harbour	8	93.56	0.57	8.38	99.99	0.01	Fine sand
Abu Qir	9	22.11	0.22	8.19	99.98	0.02	Fine sand
Power station	10	14.69	0.78	7.80	99.89	0.11	Fine sand
Maadia	11	15.64	0.28	8.02	99.96	0.04	Fine sand
Rashid West	12	3.83	0.05	7.93	100	0.0	Fine sand
Rashid East	13	2.85	0.11	7.41	99.93	0.07	Fine sand
Burullus	14	5.09	0.18	7.20	99.93	0.07	Fine sand
New Damietta	15	6.08	0.29	7.97	99.67	0.33	Very Fine sand
Ras El-Barr	16	4.87	0.14	7.63	99.57	0.43	Very Fine sand
El-Gamil West	17	4.85	0.19	7.56	99.72	0.28	Very Fine sand
El-Gamil East	18	5.64	0.20	7.77	99.76	0.24	Very Fine sand
Port Said	19	7.32	0.14	7.48	99.60	0.40	Very Fine sand
Rafah	20	6.33	0.20	7.79	100	0.0	Fine sand