Electrical and Seismic Tomography Used to Image the Structure of a Tailings Pond at the Abandoned Kettara Mine, Morocco;Untersuchung des Aufbaus einer Rückstandshalde des stillgelegten Bergwerks Kettara in Marokko mittels elektrischer und seismischer Tomographie

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-61

  Lghoul, Meriem ^a,c   Teixidó, Teresa ^b   Peña, José Antonio ^b   Hakkou, Rachid ^a   Kchikach, Azzouz ^a   Guérin, Roger ^c   Jaffal, Mohammed ^a   Zouhri, Lahcen ^d  

^a CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE LASALLE BEAUVAIS   (France)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage (AMD); Electrical resistivity tomography (ETR); Kettara mine site; Mine waste; Seismic refraction tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857691106     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-012-0172-x     Document Type: Article

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