Integrated geoelectrical survey for groundwater and shallow subsurface evaluation: Case study at Siliyin spring, El-Fayoum, Egypt

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1427-1436

  Metwaly, Mohamed ^a,b,d   El Qady, Gad ^a   Massoud, Usama ^a   El Kenawy, Abeer ^c   Matsushima, Jun ^b   Al Arifi, Nasser ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Egypt; ERT; Geoelectric; Siliyin spring; TEM

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL METHOD; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; GROUNDWATER; SHALLOW WATER; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING;

EGYPT;

EID: 77955776245     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-009-0458-9     Document Type: Review

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