Three-dimensional effects causing artifacts in two-dimensional, cross-borehole, electrical imaging

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 359, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 59-70

  Nimmer, Robin E ^a   Osiensky, James L ^a   Binley, Andrew M ^b   Williams, Barbara C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borehole inversion effects; Electrical resistance tomography; Numerical modeling; Shadow effects

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROLYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; METALLIZING; PHOTORESISTS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TARGETS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

2-D CODE; 3D BODY; 3D EFFECTS; ACTUAL DISTANCE; BEST PRACTICES; BORE HOLE; BOREHOLE INVERSION EFFECTS; CIRCULAR GEOMETRIES; DOWN HOLE; ELECTRICAL IMAGING; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE PAIRS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HOST MEDIUMS; HOST ROCKS; IMAGE PLANES; INVERSION EFFECTS; NUMERICAL MODELING; ORDER-OF MAGNITUDES; ORDERS-OF-MAGNITUDE; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES; RESISTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SHADOW EFFECTS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SITE-TO-SITE; SMALL DIAMETER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL EFFECTS;

BOREHOLES;

ARTIFACT; BOREHOLE; ELECTRICAL METHOD; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HETEROGENEITY; HOST ROCK; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IMAGING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 49449084621     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.06.022     Document Type: Article

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