Combining airborne electromagnetic induction and hydrochemistry to quantify salinity contributions to a large basin stream, Colorado River, Texas, USA

Near Surface Geophysics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 271-282

  Paine, Jeffrey G ^a   Collins, Edward W ^a   Nance, H S ^a   Niemann, Kerry L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Texas Commission on Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; SAMPLING; STREAM; STREAMFLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATER QUALITY;

COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951066015     PISSN: 15694445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2009016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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