Hydrogeophysical tracking of three-dimensional tracer migration: The concept and application of apparent petrophysical relations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Singha, Kamini ^a   Gorelick, Steven M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESTIMATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

COLOCATED WELL; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY (ERT); GEOPHYSICAL TOMOGRAMS; PETROPHYSICAL RELATIONS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER; MIGRATION; SIMULATION; SOLUTE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 33746648991     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004568     Document Type: Article

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