Vertical electrical sounding as an exploration technique to improve on the certainty of groundwater yield in the fractured crystalline basement aquifers of eastern Uganda

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1683-1693

  Batte, A G ^a   Muwanga, A ^a   Sigrist, P W ^b   Owor, M ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b GEO RED Ltd   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Geophysical methods; Groundwater exploration; Hydraulic properties; Uganda; Vertical electrical sounding

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BASEMENT ROCK; BEDROCK; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROGEOLOGY; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 57049158690     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0348-4     Document Type: Article

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