Capacitive conductivity logging and electrical stratigraphy in a high-resistivity aquifer, Boise Hydrogeophysical Research Site

GEOPHYSICS

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Mwenifumbo, C Jonathan ^a   Barrash, Warren ^b   Knoll, Michael D ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; LITHOLOGY; POROSITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WELL LOGGING;

BOISE HYDROGEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH SITES; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; SEDIMENTARY AQUIFERS; SINGULAR SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS; UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT; WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE;

STRATIGRAPHY;

AQUIFER; CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; POROSITY; STRATIGRAPHY; WELL LOGGING;

EID: 65549099122     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3106760     Document Type: Article

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