Integrated interpretation of helicopter and ground-based geophysical data recorded within the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 114, Issue , 2015, Pages 52-67

  Podgorski, Joel E ^a   Green, Alan G ^a   Kalscheuer, Thomas ^a,b   Kinzelbach, Wolfgang K H ^a   Horstmeyer, Heinrich ^a   Maurer, Hanruedi ^a   Rabenstein, Lasse ^a   Doetsch, Joseph ^a   Auken, Esben ^c   Ngwisanyi, Tiyapo ^d   Tshoso, Gomotsang ^d   Jaba, Bashali Charles ^d   Ntibinyane, Onkgopotse ^d   Laletsang, Kebabonye ^e  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Institute for Geoscience Aarhus University ^*  (Botswana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

ERT; Hydrogeophysics; Okavango Delta; Seismic reflection; Seismic refraction; TEM

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; BUILDINGS; GEOLOGY; HELICOPTERS; LAKES; REFLECTION; SALINE WATER; SEISMOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VELOCITY; WATER; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ERT; HYDROGEOPHYSICS; OKAVANGO DELTA; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SEISMIC REFRACTION;

SEISMIC WAVES;

P-WAVE; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WAVE VELOCITY;

BOTSWANA; NGAMILAND; OKAVANGO DELTA;

EID: 84921815693     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2014.12.017     Document Type: Article

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