Cross-borehole ground-penetrating radar for monitoring and imaging solute transport within the vadose zone

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Chang, Ping Yu ^a,b   Alumbaugh, David ^a,c   Brainard, Jim ^d   Hall, Laila ^e,f  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b Chianan University of Pharmacy and Science   (Taiwan)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e Hydrosphere Resource Consultants   (United States)

^f NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INFILTRATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

PREFERENTIAL TRANSPORT PATHWAYS; VADOSE ZONE;

MASS TRANSFER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INFILTRATION; MASS TRANSFER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BOREHOLE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; IMAGING METHOD; INFILTRATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SALINE INTRUSION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 33845238738     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003871     Document Type: Article

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