Investigation of groundwater resources in the Komadugu Yobe Valley (Lake Chad Basin, Niger) using MRS and TDEM methods

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 87, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-85

  Descloitres, M ^a   Chalikakis, K ^b   Legchenko, A ^a   Moussa, A M ^c   Genthon, P ^d   Favreau, G ^d   Le Coz, M ^d   Boucher, M ^a   Oi M ^d  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^c Ministère de l'Hydraulique et de l'Environnement BP 257   (Niger)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Groundwater resources; Komadougou Yobe aquifer; Lake Chad Basin; Magnetic Resonance Sounding (MRS); Time Domain Electromagnetism (TDEM)

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

KOMADUGU YOBE RIVER;

EID: 84882742596     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 18791956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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