The relation between water-wells productivity and lineaments morphometry: Selected zones from Lebanon

Nordic Hydrology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-201

  Shaban, Amin ^a   El Baz, Farouk ^b   Khawlie, Mohamad ^a  

^a Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research   (Lebanon)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land sat 7 ETM +; Lebanon; Lineaments; Productive wells

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER WELLS;

LINEAMENTS MORPHOMETRY; WATER-WELLS PRODUCTIVITY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

DEFORMATION; GIS; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDSAT; LINEAMENT; REMOTE SENSING; ROCK; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34248575735     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2007.007     Document Type: Article

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