Spatial delineation of groundwater salinity using deep time domain electromagnetic geophysical measurements: A feasibility study

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Levi, Eldad ^a,b   Goldman, Mark ^b   Hadad, Avichay ^c   Gvirtzman, Haim ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c Hydrological Service of Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DISSOLUTION; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; PLANNING; REPLENISHMENT (WATER RESOURCES); RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

BRACKISH GROUNDWATERS; CARBONATE FORMATIONS; DEAD SEAS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GEOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS; GEOPHYSICAL SYSTEMS; LAND SURFACES; RIFT VALLEYS; SALINE GROUND WATERS; SPATIAL DELINEATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TIME DOMAIN ELECTROMAGNETIC; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; JUDEAN DESERT; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 59649127128     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006459     Document Type: Article

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