Aquifer investigations in the león-chinandega plains, nicaragua, using electromagnetic and electrical methods

Near Surface Geophysics

Volumn 7, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 413-425

  Corriols, Marvin ^a,c   Nielsen, Mette Ryom ^b   Dahlin, Torleif ^c   Christensen, Niels B ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE NICARAGUA   (Nicaragua)

^b RAMBOLL   (Denmark)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ELECTRICAL METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GROUNDWATER; RESERVOIR; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

CHINANDEGA; LEON [NICARAGUA]; NICARAGUA;

EID: 77951064768     PISSN: 15694445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2009034     Document Type: Article

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