Hydrogeologic assessment of the Amchitka Island nuclear test site (Alaska) with magnetotellurics

Geophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Unsworth, Martyn ^a   Soyer, Wolfgang ^a,b   Tuncer, Volkan ^a   Wagner, Anna ^c   Barnes, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Geosystem Srl   (Italy)

^c University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomagnetism; Hydrology; Nuclear explosions; Porosity; Radioisotopes; Seafloor phenomena; Terrestrial electricity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOMAGNETISM; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; POROSITY; RADIOISOTOPES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

HYDROGEOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; HYDROGEOLOGIC MODELS; MAGNETOTELLURICS; SEAFLOOR PHENOMENA; TERRESTRIAL ELECTRICITY;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HYDROGEOLOGY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; POROSITY; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; TRANSITION ZONE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; AMCHITKA ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248677606     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2539353     Document Type: Article

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