Multifrequency electromagnetic method for the hydrogeophysical characterization of hard-rock aquifers: the case of the upstream watershed of White Bandama (northern Ivory Coast)

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Issue		BSGF - Earth Sci. Bull. Volume 193, 2022


Article Number		11
Number of page(s)		12
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bsgf/2022009
Published online		11 August 2022

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