Hydrogeophysical assessment of Wadi El-Sheikh aquifer, Saint Katherine, South sinai, egypt

Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 77-86

  Khalil, Mohamed H ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL ANISOTROPY; FRESH WATER; GEOELECTRIC; GEOELECTRICAL; GRAIN SIZE; GRAVITATIONAL MOVEMENT; HYDROGEOPHYSICAL; HYDROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT; PETROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SCHLUMBERGER; SHALLOW BOREHOLES; STRATIGRAPHIC DATA; STUDY AREAS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TRANSMISSIVITY; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING;

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND RECLAMATION; RANGE FINDING; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER; WATER WELLS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AQUIFER; BOREHOLE; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; POROSITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TORTUOSITY; TRANSMISSIVITY; WATER RESOURCE; WELL;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; SINAI;

EID: 67949092863     PISSN: 10831363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/JEEG14.2.77     Document Type: Article

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