Delineating alluvial aquifer heterogeneity using resistivity and GPR data

Ground Water

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 890-903

  Bowling, Jerry C ^a   Rodriguez, Antonio B ^b   Harry, Dennis L ^c   Zheng, Chunmiao ^b  

^a BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DISPERSIONS; GEOPHYSICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

GEOLOGICAL MODELS; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; MACRODISPERSION EXPERIMENT (MADE);

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

GEOLOGY; MISSISSIPPI; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADAR; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 27944463027     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2005.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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