Permanent groundwater storage in basaltic dyke fractures and termite mound viability

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 127-142

  Mège, Daniel ^a   Rango, Tewodros ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dyke; Ethiopian Flood Basalt Province; Groundwater; Qwara; Sociotomy; Termite mound

Indexed keywords

DIKE SWARM; FLOOD BASALT; GROUNDWATER; MICRORELIEF; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERMITE; WATER STORAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

ETHIOPIA;

ISOPTERA;

EID: 77953615108     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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