Sensitivity analysis for joint inversion of ground-penetrating radar and thermal-hydrological data from a large-scale underground heater test

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-179

  Kowalsky, M B ^a   Birkholzer, J ^a   Peterson, J ^a   Finsterle, S ^a   Mukhopadhyay, S ^a   Tsang, Y ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground penetrating radar; Hydrogeophysics; Joint inversion

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; RADAR; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRAVEL TIME;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; HYDROGEOPHYSICS; JOINT INVERSION; PETROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY FUNCTIONS; YUCCA MOUNTAIN , NEVADA;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 56249104141     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT08-A4017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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