Anatomy of a seismoelectric conversion: Measurements and conceptual modeling in boreholes penetrating a sandy aquifer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Dupuis, J C ^a,b   Butler, K E ^a   Kepic, A W ^b   Harris, B D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTRIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; SEISMIC WAVE; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILE; WATER TABLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GNANGARA MOUND; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 72049126336     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005939     Document Type: Article

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