Constraining fault-zone hydrogeology through integrated hydrological and geoelectrical analysis

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1057-1067

  Ball, Lyndsay B ^a,b   Ge, Shemin ^a   Caine, Jonathan Saul ^b   Revil, André ^c,d   Jardani, Abderrahim ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^d STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Faults; Geophysical methods; Groundwater flow; USA

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; ELECTRICAL METHOD; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURE ZONE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC HEAD; HYDROGEOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; SELF POTENTIAL;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954692029     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-010-0587-z     Document Type: Article

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