Characterization of aquifers in the Vientiane Basin, Laos, using Magnetic Resonance Sounding and Vertical Electrical Sounding

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 207-220

  Perttu, Nils ^a   Wattanasen, Kamhaeng ^a,b   Phommasone, Khamphouth ^c   Elming, Sten Åke ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

Author keywords

Aquifer characterization; Geophysics; Groundwater; Khorat Plateau; Magnetic Resonance Sounding; Vertical Electrical Sounding

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; AQUIFER THICKNESS; CLAY LAYERS; DECAY TIME; FINE SAND; GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; KHORAT PLATEAU; LOW RESISTIVITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SOUNDING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SOUNDINGS; MEAN PORE SIZE; NATURALLY OCCURRING; SALT WATER; STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; TRANSMISSIVITY; UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING; WATER BEARING; WATER-BEARING UNITS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER CONTENT;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRICAL METHOD; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; HALITE; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROGEOLOGY; POROSITY; WATER CONTENT;

KHORAT PLATEAU; LAOS; NORTHEASTERN REGION; THAILAND; VIENTIANE BASIN;

EID: 79952618525     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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