Using DC resistivity method to characterize the geometry and the salinity of the Plioquaternary consolidated coastal aquifer of the Mamora plain, Morocco

Environmental Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 518-526

  Benkabbour, B ^a   Toto, E A ^b   Fakir, Y ^c  

^a SULTAN MOULAY SLIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

DC resistivity; Mamora plain; Morocco; Plioquaternary aquifer; Seawater intrusion

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONSOLIDATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESTUARIES; HYDRAULICS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SAND; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

GEOELECTRIC FORMATIONS;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; COASTAL AQUIFER; DEPTH DETERMINATION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY;

AFRICA; MAMORA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 1242298945     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-003-0906-y     Document Type: Article

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