Vulnerability of the aquifer units in the flood-affected areas of east coast Peninsular Malaysia

Vulnerability of the aquifer units in the flood-affected

areas of east coast Peninsular Malaysia

Kayode, John Stephen1*, Mohd Hariri Arifin2, Azimah Hussin2, Nawawi Mohmd Nordin Mohmd1, Norsyafina Roslan2

1Universiti Science Malaysia, School of Physics, Geophysics Unit, 11800 USM, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

2National University of Malaysia, School of Environmental Science and Natural Resources, Department of Geology.

*Presenter

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PresenterJohn Stephen Kayode

Universiti Sains Malaysia, School of Physics, 11800 USM,

Penang, Malaysia. On the behalf of other Authors.



We leadAOGS-2015 INTRODUCTION





Figure 4: Different activities and processes influencing flooding








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2-D Electrical resistivity tomography Inversion model of the study area along Profile 1


2-D Electrical resistivity tomography Inversion model of the study area along Profile 2.










2-D Electrical resistivity tomography Inversion model of the study area along Profile7.






Percentage of the areas prone to floods from geophysical methods


Depths to the aquifer units of the study area.


Weathered depth map

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AOGS-2015 Concluding Remarks

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for your kind attention.

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