An experiment of non-invasive characterization of the vadose zone via water injection and cross-hole time-lapse geographysical monitoring

Near Surface Geophysics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-194

  Deiana, Rita ^a   Cassiani, Giorgio ^b   Kemna, Andreas ^c   Villa, Alberto ^a   Bruno, Vittorio ^a   Bagliani, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY; DATA SET; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID INJECTION; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GRAVEL; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; INFILTRATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; NATIVE SPECIES; SAND; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLE;

GORGONZOLA; ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILANO [LOMBARDY];

EID: 34249853479     PISSN: 15694445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2006030     Document Type: Article

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