Use of electrical resistivity methods for detecting subsurface fresh and saline water and delineating their interfacial configuration: A case study of the eastern Dead Sea coastal aquifers, Jordan

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1277-1283

  Batayneh, Awni T ^a  

^a Natural Resources Authority   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Dead Sea; Jordan; Resistivity methods; Salt water fresh water relations

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; COASTAL AQUIFER; ELECTRICAL METHOD; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ESTUARINE FRONT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33751214544     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-006-0034-3     Document Type: Article

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