Water leakage investigation of micro-dam reservoirs in Mesozoic sedimentary sequences in Northern Ethiopia

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 79, Issue , 2013, Pages 98-110

  Berhane, Gebremedhin ^a,b   Martens, Kristine ^b   Al Farrah, Nawal ^b   Walraevens, Kristine ^b  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Engineering geology; Leakage; Micro dam; Northern Ethiopia; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

DAM; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEAKAGE; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TESTING METHOD;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84871430012     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 18791956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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