Determining water quality parameters of aquifers in the Vientiane Basin, Laos, using geophysical and water chemistry data

Near Surface Geophysics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 381-395

  Perttu, Nils ^a   Wattanasen, Kamhaeng ^b   Phommasone, Khamphouth ^c   Elming, Sten Åke ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETIC SURVEY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RESONANCE; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

LAOS; VIENTIANE BASIN;

EID: 80051724618     PISSN: 15694445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2011014     Document Type: Article

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