Hydrogeophysical exploration of three-dimensional salinity anomalies with the time-domain electromagnetic method (TDEM)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 380, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 318-329

  Bauer Gottwein, Peter ^a   Gondwe, Bibi N ^a   Christiansen, Lars ^a   Herckenrath, Daan ^a   Kgotlhang, Lesego ^b   Zimmermann, Stephanie ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Pharmacia South Africa   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Groundwater modeling; Okavango Delta; Salinization; Time domain EM

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION EXAMPLES; DATA SETS; EARTH MODELS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHODS; FIELD DATA; FINITE-ELEMENT; FORWARD MODELING; FORWARD MODELS; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GROUND BASED; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; GROUNDWATER MODELING; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; HYDROGEOPHYSICAL; INFORMATION CONTENTS; MODELING RESULTS; NON-INVASIVE; OKAVANGO DELTA; PETROPHYSICAL RELATIONSHIP; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIME DOMAIN; TRANSPORT MODELS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; MAPPING; METHOD OF MOMENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SALT WATER INTRUSION; STANDARDS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DATA SET; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

BOTSWANA; NGAMILAND; OKAVANGO DELTA;

EID: 72549087361     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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