Geoelectric resistivity sounding of riverside alluvial aquifer in an agricultural area at Buyeo, Geum River watershed, Korea: An application to groundwater contamination study

Environmental Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 849-859

  Park, Yong Hee ^b   Doh, Seong Jae ^a   Yun, Seong Taek ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aquifer geology; Korea; Riverside alluvium; Schlumberger array; Vertical Electric Sounding (VES); Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLAY; CONTAMINATION; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

ALLUVIAL AQUIFER; GEOELECTRIC RESISTIVITY; VERTICAL ELECTRIC SOUNDINGS (VES); WATER CHEMISTRY;

GROUNDWATER;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUIFER; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; RIVER CHANNEL; SPATIAL VARIATION; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATERSHED;

ASIA; BUYEO; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GEUM RIVER; KOREA; SOUTH CH'UNGCH'ONG; SOUTH KOREA;

GEUM;

EID: 36448990780     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0698-6     Document Type: Article

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