Assessment of the groundwater potential zone in hard rock through the application of GIS: The case of Aboisso area (South-East of Cote d'Ivoire)

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2058-2067

  Dibi, B ^a   Doumouya, I ^a   Brice Konan Waidhet, A ^a   Kouame, K I ^a   Angui, K T ^a   Issiaka, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ NANGUI ABROGOUA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Aboisso; C te d'Ivoire; Establishment; GIS; MCA; Well

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; POTABLE WATER; TRANSPORTATION; WELLS;

ABOISSO; ESTABLISHMENT; GROUNDWATER POTENTIALS; HARD ROCKS; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; WATER FLOW RATE;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

EID: 77954825608     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2010.2058.2067     Document Type: Article

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