Groundwater potential estimation using vertical electrical sounding measurements in the semi-arid Khanasser Valley region, Syria

Abstract

Traditional and polar vertical electrical sounding (VES) techniques were used for computing and characterizing the transmissivity of the Quaternary and Palaeogene aquifers in the Khanasser Valley, northern Syria. The VES technique with its different applied approaches is inexpensive, easy and gives rapid results with high spatial resolution. The Dar-Zarrouk parameters were determined to estimate the groundwater potential of the aquifers. The results show the mean transmissivity of the Quaternary aquifer to be 49 m2/d (minimum: 10 m2/d; maximum: 131 m2/d; standard deviation: 32 m2/d), and that of the Palaeogene aquifer is 0.94 m2/d (minimum: 0.31 m2/d; maximum: 1.54 m2/d; standard deviation: 0.33 m2/d). Editor D. Koutsoyiannis Citation Asfahani, J., 2013. Groundwater potential estimation using vertical electrical sounding measurements in the semi-arid Khanasser Valley region, Syria. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 58 (2), 468--482.