Gravity effect of water storage changes in a weathered hard-rock aquifer in West Africa: Results from joint absolute gravity, hydrological monitoring and geophysical prospection

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 737-750

  Hector, Basile ^a   Śeguis, Luc ^b   Hinderer, Jacques ^a   Descloitres, Marc ^c   Vouillamoz, Jean Michel ^c   Wubda, Maxime ^c   Boy, Jean Paul ^a   Luck, Bernard ^a   Moigne, Nicolas Le ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Hydrogeophysics; Hydrology; Time variable gravity

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AIR PRESSURE EFFECTS; HYDROGEOPHYSICS; HYDROLOGICAL MONITORING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SOUNDING (MRS); SUBSURFACE DISTRIBUTION; TIME-VARIABLE GRAVITY; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIGITAL STORAGE; EXPERIMENTS; GRAVIMETERS; GRAVITATION; HYDROLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROBES; SAILING VESSELS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; GEOPHYSICS; GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HARD ROCK; HYDROLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STORAGE;

BENIN [WEST AFRICA];

EID: 84880288207     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt146     Document Type: Article

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