An evaluation of the electrical-resistivity method for water-reservoir salinity studies

Geophysics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Amidu, Sikiru A ^a   Dunbar, John A ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ERRORS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LAKES; MAPPING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; WATER;

APPARENT RESISTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY METHODS; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; OPTIMIZATION PARAMETER; RESISTIVITY VARIATION; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE ERRORS; SALINITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA INVERSION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAKE WATER; MAPPING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RESERVOIR; SALINITY; WATER COLUMN;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48449092855     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2938994     Document Type: Article

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