Constraining aquifer architecture with electrical resistivity imaging in a fractured hydrogeological setting

Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 323-335

  Rayner, Scott F ^a   Bentley, Laurence R ^b   Allen, Diana M ^c  

^a Matrix Solutions Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FRACTURE; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SANDSTONE; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY IMAGING (ERI); HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONCEPTUAL MODELS;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; SURVEY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SATURNA ISLAND; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 37749018673     PISSN: 10831363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/JEEG12.4.323     Document Type: Article

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