Contribution of magnetic resonance sounding to aquifer characterization and recharge estimate in semiarid Niger

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 99-108

  Vouillamoz, J M ^a   Favreau, G ^b   Massuel, S ^b,c   Boucher, M ^d   Nazoumou, Y ^e   Legchenko, A ^f  

^a Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology   (India)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^d BRGM   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Groundwater recharge; Hydrodynamic parameters; Hydrogeophysics; Magnetic resonance sounding; Niger; Unconfined aquifer

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); WATER WELLS;

HYDROGEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SOUNDING; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER TABLE;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MODELING; POROSITY; RECHARGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRANSMISSIVITY; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER BUDGET; WATER CONTENT; WATER TABLE;

AFRICA; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 41549099696     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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