Electrical imaging of the groundwater aquifer at Banting, Selangor, Malaysia

Environmental Geology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1156-1162

  Hamzah, Umar ^a   Yaacup, Rahman ^a   Samsudin, Abdul Rahim ^a   Ayub, Mohd Shahid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Borehole; Electrical imaging; Groundwater aquifer; Gula Formation; Malaysia Beruas Formation; Resistivity

Indexed keywords

CLAY; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GRAVEL; GROUNDWATER; SAND; SILT;

BOREHOLE; ELECTRICAL IMAGING; GULA FORMATION; MALAYSIA BERUAS FORMATION; RESISTIVITY;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SELANGOR; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 33645579157     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-0160-6     Document Type: Article

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