Mapping water seepage from lake nasser, Egypt, using the VLF-EM method: A case study

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-110

  Khalil, Mohamed A ^a,b   Santos, Fernando A Monteiro ^b   Moustafa, Sameh M ^c   Saad, Usama M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c Aswan Seismological Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Geophysics VLF EM method; Hydrology; Lake Nasser; Water seepage

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; FAULT ZONE; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; HYDROLOGY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; SEEPAGE; SEISMIC ZONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER FLOW;

AFRICA; EGYPT; LAKE NASSER; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 70449641023     PISSN: 17422132     EISSN: 17422140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-2132/6/2/001     Document Type: Article

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