The combined use of radio-frequency electromagnetics and radiomagnetotellurics methods in non-ideal field conditions for delineating hydrogeological boundaries and for environmental problems

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1071-1091

  Dill, A Carvalho ^a   Turberg, P ^b   Muller I ^c   Parriaux, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Geophysics; Groundwater quality; Groundwater bearing structures; Radio frequency electromagnetics; Radio magnetotellurics

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); ELECTROMAGNETISM; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO; RADIO WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER QUALITY;

3D MODELLING; CONTAMINANT PLUMES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIELD SURVEYS; GEOLOGICAL MAPPINGS; GEOLOGICAL SETTINGS; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HIGH DENSITIES; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; QUALITATIVE DATUMS; RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETICS; SHALLOW DEPTHS; VERSATILE TOOLS; VULNERABILITY MAPS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; HYDROGEOLOGY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; SHALLOW WATER; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 58149391890     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1208-1     Document Type: Article

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