Coupled modeling of hydrogeochemical and electrical resistivity data for exploring the impact of recharge on subsurface contamination

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Kowalsky, M B ^a   Gasperikova, E ^a   Finsterle, S ^a   Watson, D ^b   Baker, G ^c   Hubbard, S S ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMPLEX MODEL; COUPLED MODELING; DATA SETS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIELD RESEARCH; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; GEOPHYSICAL MODELING; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; INVERSE MODELING; PETROPHYSICAL MODELS; PETROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PORE FLUIDS; ROCK PROPERTIES; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SUBSURFACE CONTAMINATION; SUBSURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TWO LAYERS; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

GEOPHYSICS;

BOREHOLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DATA SET; DILUTION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOPHYSICS; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK PROPERTY; SATURATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951785932     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008947     Document Type: Article

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