Geologic controls of submarine groundwater discharge: Application of remote sensing to north Lebanon

Environmental Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 512-522

  Shaban, Amin ^a   Khawlie, Mohamad ^a   Abdallah, Chadi ^a   Faour, Ghaleb ^a  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Coastal area; Satellite images; Submarine springs; TIR; Water resources

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; INFRARED RADIATION; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; ROCKS; TECTONICS;

AIRBORNE THERMAL INFRARED (TIR) SURVEY; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGES (SGD);

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

AIRBORNE SENSING; COASTAL ZONE; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; INFRARED IMAGERY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 14644417245     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-004-1172-3     Document Type: Article

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