Electrical conductivity profiling of boreholes as a means of identifying karst aquifers

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 122, 2003, Pages 265-276

  Smart, C Christopher ^a   Worthington, Stephen R H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Worthington Groundwater   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CARBONATES; CHANNEL FLOW; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROLOGY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROCKS; WATER WELLS;

MINERALIZED WATER; NATURAL WATER;

AQUIFERS;

EID: 1642304163     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40698(2003)24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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