A multidimensional horizontal-loop controlled-source electromagnetic inversion method and its use to characterize heterogeneity in aquiferous fractured crystalline rocks

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-66

  Sasaki, Yutaka ^a   Meju, Max A ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic induction; Ground water development; Horizontal loop EM; Inversion

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCK; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745588286     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02957.x     Document Type: Article

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