A radiomagnetotelluric survey on an oil-contaminated area near the Brazi Refinery, Romania

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 311-323

  Tezkan, B ^a   Georgescu, P ^b   Fauzi, U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CONTAMINATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; GROUNDWATER; OIL SPILLS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; POLARIZATION; RADIO BROADCASTING; RADIO TRANSMITTERS;

FREQUENCY RANGES; OIL CONTAMINATION; PLUMES; RADIOMAGNETOTELLURIC MEASUREMENTS;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; OIL POLLUTION; REFINING INDUSTRY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 18444395260     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2005.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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