Use of the magnetotelluric method in the study of the deep Maestrichtian aquifer in Senegal

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-96

  Giroux, Bernard ^a   Chouteau, Michel ^a   Descloîtres, Marc ^b   Ritz, Michel ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Magnetotelluric; Senegal basin; Two dimensional models

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HYDROLOGY; MAGNETIC PROSPECTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS; TELLURIC PROSPECTING; TENSORS; WATER WELLS;

ARCHIE'S FORMULA; MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING; RESISTIVITY IMAGING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PROSPECTING;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING;

SENEGAL;

EID: 0031404340     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9851(97)00016-5     Document Type: Article

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