Strategic groundwater resources in the Tagliamento River basin (northern Italy): Hydrogeological investigation integrated with geophysical exploration

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1393-1409

  Rapti Caputo, Dimitra ^a   Bratus, Antonio ^b   Santarato, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artesian aquifer; Electrical resistivity tomography; Groundwater monitoring; Italy; Time domain electromagnetic sounding

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARTESIAN WELL; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROGEOLOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGLIAMENTO RIVER;

EID: 69249153504     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-009-0459-6     Document Type: Article

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