Use of geoelectrical technique for detecting subsurface fresh and saline water: A case study of the eastern Gulf of Aqaba Coastal aquifer, Jordan

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1079-1084

  Batayneh, Awni T ^a   Elawadi, Eslam A ^a   Al Arifi, Nasser S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

geoelectrical measurements; Gulf of Aqaba; Jordan; Saltwater freshwater

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AQUIFER; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ESTUARINE FRONT; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GROUNDWATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAND; TRANSITION ZONE;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; JORDAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 78349263801     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-09-00006.1     Document Type: Article

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