High-resolution Electrical Resistivity Tomography monitoring of a tracer test in a confined aquifer

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 268-276

  Wilkinson, P B ^a   Meldrum, P I ^a   Kuras, O ^a   Chambers, J E ^a   Holyoake, S J ^a   Ogilvy, R D ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D; 4D; Electrical Resistivity Tomography; Environmental monitoring; Natural attenuation; Timelapse; Tracer

Indexed keywords

BREAK THROUGH CURVE; CAR PARKS; CONFINED AQUIFERS; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINATED LANDS; EARTH MATERIALS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTS; GEOELECTRICAL; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES; NATURAL ATTENUATION; RESISTIVITY IMAGING; RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SALINE TRACER; SEEPAGE VELOCITY; SUB-SURFACE IMAGING; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TEST SITE; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; TRACER TESTS; VERTICAL ELECTRODES;

AQUIFERS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COMPUTER CRIME; CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IMPURITIES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; REMEDIATION; SEEPAGE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER QUALITY;

MONITORING;

CONFINED AQUIFER; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRODE; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IMAGING METHOD; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEEPAGE; TOMOGRAPHY; TRACER;

EID: 77950095118     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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