Geophysical measurements for subsurface mapping and groundwater exploration at the central part of the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-119

  Sultan Araffa, Sultan Awad ^a,c   Mekhemer, Hatem M ^b   Santos, F A M ^c   Abd Alla, M ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gravity; Groundwater; Magnetic; Resistivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949913356     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.112/J.2191-4281     Document Type: Article

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