Time-lapse imaging of saline-tracer transport in fractured rock using difference-attenuation radar tomography

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Day Lewis, Frederick D ^a,b   Lane Jr , John W ^b   Harris, Jerry M ^c   Gorelick, Steven M ^c  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractured rock; Geophysics; Ground penetrating radar; Hydrogeophysics; Radar tomography

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FRACTURE; GEOPHYSICS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; ROCKS;

SALINE-TRACER TRANSPORT; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

WATER RESOURCES;

FRACTURED MEDIUM; GEOPHYSICS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; SALINE INTRUSION; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 1542541986     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001722     Document Type: Article

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