Joint interpretation of hydrological and geophysical data: Electrical resistivity tomography results from a process hydrological research site in the Black Forest Mountains, Germany

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1501-1513

  Koch, Kristof ^a,b   Wenninger, Jochen ^b,c   Uhlenbrook, Stefan ^c,d   Bonell, Mike ^e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e UNESCO   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^g LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2D electrical resistivity tomography (ERT); Brugga catchment; Flow pathways; Hydrogeophysics; Runoff generation processes

Indexed keywords

2D ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY (ERT); BRUGGA CATCHMENT; FLOW PATHWAYS; HYDROGEOPHYSICS; RUNOFF GENERATION PROCESSES;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CATCHMENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WATER CONTENT;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGRAPH; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RUNOFF; STREAM CHANNEL; STREAMFLOW; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER CONTENT;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; BLACK FOREST; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 65449184902     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7275     Document Type: Article

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