Evaluation of peat formation using geoelectrical methods at Nile delta, Egypt

Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-13

  El Qady, Gad ^a   Metwaly, Mohamed ^a   El Galladi, Ahmed ^b   Ushijima, Keisuke ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Egypt)

^b Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^c Department of Earth Resources Engineering ^*

Author keywords

Geoelectrical resistivity tomography; Nile delta; Peat formation; SP; TDEM

Indexed keywords

BORING; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROSPECTING; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; POLARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SOUNDINGS; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; NILE DELTA; PEAT FORMATION;

PEAT;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; PEAT; PEDOGENESIS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGYPT; NILE DELTA; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 21244456426     PISSN: 1345868X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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