Imaging subsurface cavities using geoelectric tomography and ground-penetrating radar

Journal of Cave and Karst Studies

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 174-181

  El Qady, Gad ^a,b   Hafez, Mahfooz ^a   Abdalla, Mohamed A ^a   Ushijima, Keisuke ^b  

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

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; IMAGING METHOD; LIMESTONE; TOMOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; CAIRO [EGYPT]; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33745441895     PISSN: 10906924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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