Characterisation of the thermal aquifer associated with the Siloam hot spring in Limpopo, South Africa

Proceedings of the 3rd IASTED African Conference on Water Resource Management, AfricaWRM 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 77-82

  Nyabeze, P K ^a   Venter, J S ^a   Olivier, J ^b   Motlakeng, T R ^a  

^a Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic; Groundwater mapping; Magnetic; Siloam hot spring; Thermal aquifer

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GEOPHYSICS; HOT SPRINGS; MAGNETIC STORAGE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVEYS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC; GROUNDWATER MAPPINGS; MAGNETIC; SILOAM HOT SPRINGS; THERMAL AQUIFERS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84858681600     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2316/p.2010.686-059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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