Identification of water-bearing fractures in hard rock terrain by electrical conductivity logs, India

Environmental Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1084-1095

  Saxena, V K ^a   Mondal, N C ^a   Singh, V S ^a   Kumar, Dewashish ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aquifers; Delineation fractures; EC logs; Hard rock; India

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ROCK MECHANICS; WELLS;

DELINEATION FRACTURES; EC LOGS; HARD ROCK;

FRACTURE;

AQUIFER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 28344457958     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-0047-6     Document Type: Article

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