Influence of degree of saturation in the electric resistivity-hydraulic conductivity relationship

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 601-615

  Khalil, Mohamed Ahmed ^a,b   Monterio Santos, Fernando A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Hydraulic conductivity; Hydrogeophysics; Resistivity; Water saturation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC LOGGING; ELECTRIC PROSPECTING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; POROSITY; SUPERSATURATION;

DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; HYDROGEOPHYSICS; NONLINEAR RELATIONS; POLYNOMIAL RELATIONS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING; WATER CONDUCTIVITY; WATER SATURATIONS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

AQUIFER; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; INVERSE PROBLEM; POROSITY; POWER LAW; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING;

EID: 70350536557     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-009-9072-4     Document Type: Article

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