Correlation of vertical electrical sounding and electrical borehole log data for groundwater exploration

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 485-503

  Hodlur, G K ^a   Dhakate, Ratnakar ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDHRA PRADESH; BOREHOLE LOGGING; CORRELATED PARAMETERS; CURRENT ELECTRODES; DATA INTERPRETATION; DEGREE OF ACCURACY; FORMATION RESISTIVITY; FORMATION RESISTIVITY FACTOR; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; INVERSE RELATIONS; LOG DATA; SCHLUMBERGER; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STUDY AREAS; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING; WATER BEARING; WATER SATURATIONS;

BOREHOLES; ELECTRIC LOGGING; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER; LOGGING (FORESTRY);

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

BOREHOLE LOGGING; CORRELATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA;

EID: 77954366042     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2009.00831.x     Document Type: Article

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