Hydrogeophysical investigation of groundwater potential in the El Bawiti, Northern Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 953-970

  El Kashouty, Mohamed ^a   Aziz, Aiman Abdel ^b   Soliman, Mamdouh ^b   Mesbah, Hany ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Geophysical methods; Groundwater exploration; Nubian sandstone; Soil salinity

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; OASIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BAHARIYA OASIS; EGYPT; GIZA [EGYPT]; WESTERN DESERT;

EID: 84885023580     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-010-0253-8     Document Type: Article

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