Determination of hydraulically conductive pathways in fractured limestone using cross-borehole electrical resistivity tomography

European Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-52

  Slater, Lee D ^a   Brown, David ^a   Binley, Andrew ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross borehole tomography; Electrical Resistivity Tomography; Fractured rock; Inverse methods; Packer testing; Preferential flow

Indexed keywords

CROSS HOLE SURVEY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIMESTONE; RESISTIVITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030443145     PISSN: 13598155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Asch, T. and Morrison, H.F., 1989. Mapping and monitoring electrical resistivity with surface and subsurface electrode arrays. Geophysics, 54: 235-244.
2. Barker, R., 1992. A simple algorithm for electrical imaging of the subsurface. First Break, 10: 53-62.
3. Binley, A., Dickin, F., Henry-Poulter, S. and Daily, W., 1994. Analysis of solute transport behaviour in heterogeneous undisturbed soil cores using resistive electrical impedance tomography. In: Beck, M.S., Campogrande, E., Hammer, E.A., Morris, M.A., Williams, R.A. and Waterfall, R.C. (Eds.), Process Tomography - A Strategy for Industrial Exploitation - 1994, pp. 62-72.
4. Binley, A., Ramirez, A. and Daily, W., 1995. Regularized image reconstruction of noisy electrical resistance tomography data. In: Beck, M.S., Hoyle, B.S., Morris, M.A., Waterfall, R.C. and Williams, R. A. (Eds.), Process Tomography - 1995, Proc. of the 4th Workshop of the European Concerted Action on Process Tomography, Bergen, April 1995, pp. 401-410.
5. Dabas, A., Tabbagh, A. and Tabbagh, J., 1994. 3-D Inversion in subsurface electrical surveying. I - Theory. Geophys. J. Internat., 119: 975-990.
6. Dahlin, T., 1993. On the Automation of 2-D Resistivity Surveying for Engineering and Environmental Applications. Unpublished PhD thesis, Dept. of Engineering Geology, Lund University, Sweden, 181 pp.
7. Daily, W. and Owen, E., 1991. Cross-Borehole Resistivity Tomography. Geophysics, 56: 1228-1235.
8. Daily, W., Ramirez, A., LaBrecque, D. and Nitao, J., 1992. Electrical resistivity tomography of Vadose water movement. Water Resources Res., 28: 1429-1442.
9. Daily, W. and Ramirez, A., 1995. Electrical resistance tomography during in-situ trichloroethylene remediation at the Savannah River site. Jrnl. of Appl. Geophys., 33: 239-249.
10. Daily, W., Ramirez, A., LaBrecque, D. and Barber, W., 1995. Electrical resistance tomography experiments at the Oregon Graduate Institute. Jrnl. of Appl. Geophys., 33: 227-237.
11. Ellis, R.G. and Oldenburg, D.W., 1994. The pole-pole 3-D resistivity inverse problem: a conjugate gradient approach. Geophys. J. Internat., 119: 187-194.
12. Ford, D. and Williams, P., 1989. Karst Geomorphology and Hydrology. Unwin Hyman Ltd., London, 601 pp.
13. Griffiths, D.H. and Barker, R.D., 1993. Two-dimensional resistivity imaging and modelling in areas of complex geology. Jrnl. of Appl. Geophys., 29: 211-226.
14. deGroot-Hedlin, C. and Constable, S., 1990. Occam's inversion to generate smooth, two-dimensional models from magnetotelluric data. Geophysics, 55: 1613-1624.
15. Guerin, R. and Benderitter, Y., 1995. Shallow karst exploration using MT-VLF and DC resistivity methods. Geophys. Prosp., 43: 635-653.
16. Henry-Poulter, S., Daily, W. and Binley, A., 1994. Monitoring immiscible tracer migration in a small field plot using electrical resistance tomography. In: Beck, M.S., Campogrande, E., Hammer, E.A., Morris, M., Williams, R.A. and Waterfall, R.C. (Eds.), Process Tomography - A Strategy for Industrial Exploitation - 1994, pp. 406-412.
17. Hvorslev, M.J., 1951. Time Lag and Soil Permeability in Groundwater Observations. Misc. Bull. U.S. Army Corps., Vicksburg Eng. Waterways Exp. Stn, No. 36, 56 pp.
18. Jackson, P.D., Lovell, M.A., Harvey, P.K., Ball, J.K., Williams, C., Ashu, P., Flint, R., Meldrum, P., Reece, G. and Zheng, G., 1992. Electrical resistivity core imaging: - Theoretical and practical experiments as an aid to reservoir characterisation. Thirty-third Ann. SPWLA Symp., June 14-17, 1992: 1-8.
19. LaBrecque, D.J., Milleto, M., Owen, E., Daily, W. and Ramirez, A., 1996. The effects of noise on Occam's inversion of resistivity tomography data. Geophysics, 61: 538-548.
20. Narayan, S. and Dusseault, M.B., 1994. A sensitivity study of subsurface-to-surface resistivity methods (Ω-methods) for monitoring groundwater contamination. Proc. of the 7th Internat. Congr. of the Internat. Assoc. of Engin. Geol., 1994: 185-193.
21. Park, S.K. and Van, G.P., 1991. Inversion of pole-pole data for 3-D resistivity structure beneath arrays of electrodes. Geophysics, 56: 951-960.
22. Price, M. and Williams, A.M., 1993. A pumped double-Packer system for use in aquifer evaluation and groundwater sampling. Institution of Civil Engineers, Proceedings: Water, Maritime and Energy, 101: 85-92.
23. Ramirez, A., Daily, W., LaBrecque, D., Owen, E. and Chesnut, D., 1993. Monitoring an underground steam injection process using electrical resistance tomography. Water Resources Res., 29: 73-87.
24. Sasaki, Y., 1994. 3-D resistivity inversion using the finite-element method. Geophysics, 59: 1839-1848.
25. Schima, S., LaBrecque, D.J. and Miletto M., 1993. Tracking fluid flow in the unsaturated zone using cross-borehole resistivity and IP. Proc. of the Symp. on the Application of Geophysics to Engin. and Environm. Probl., 2: 527-543.
26. Shima, H., 1992. 2-D and 3-D resistivity image reconstruction using cross-hole data. Geophysics, 57: 1270-1281.
27. Telford, W.M., Geldart, L.P. and Sheriff, R.E., 1990. Applied Geophysics, Second Ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 770 pp.