Geochemical characterization using geophysical data and Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods: A case study at the South Oyster bacterial transport site in Virginia

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1-14

  Chen, Jinsong ^a   Hubbard, Susan ^a   Rubin, Yoram ^b   Murray, Chris ^c   Roden, Eric ^d   Majer, Ernest ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemical characterization; Geophysical data; MCMC; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BOREHOLES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; IRON; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEDIMENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; LITHOFACIES; MULTIDIMENSIONAL INFORMATION; SEDIMENT GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

BOREHOLE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; IRON; LITHOFACIES; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OSTREIDAE;

EID: 12544253390     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002883     Document Type: Article

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