Delineation of groundwater-bearing fracture zones in a hard rock area integrating very low frequency electromagnetic and resistivity data

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-166

  Sharma, S P ^a   Baranwal, V C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater exploration; Hard rock areas; Integrated interpretation; Resistivity method; Self potential; VLF electromagnetic method

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; ROCKS;

DELINEATION; SCHLUMBERGER RESISTIVITY SOUNDING; TUBE WELLS; VERY LOW FREQUENCY (VLF);

GROUNDWATER;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; SELF POTENTIAL;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; PURULIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL; WORLD;

EID: 12744279848     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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