Assessing the contribution of electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) and self-potential (SP) methods for a water well drilling program in fractured/karstified limestones

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-53

  Robert, Tanguy ^a,b   Dassargues, Alain ^a   Brouyère, Serge ^a   Kaufmann, Olivier ^c   Hallet, Vincent ^d   Nguyen, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b FNRS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Boreholes; Coupling coefficient; ERT; Fractures; Limestone; SP

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CARBONATE ROCK; COUPLING COEFFICIENT; DATA ERRORS; DEPTH OF INVESTIGATION; ELECTRICAL PROFILES; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; ERT; FRACTURED ZONES; GEOLOGICAL DATA; GROUND TRUTH; HIGH YIELD; HYDRAULIC HEADS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; LOW RESISTIVITY; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; PUMPING TESTS; RESISTIVE ZONES; RESISTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SELF-POTENTIAL; SENSITIVITY MODEL; SP; WATER TABLES;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LIMESTONE; SOFTWARE TESTING; WATER WELLS;

WELL DRILLING;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; HYDRAULIC HEAD; HYDROGEOLOGY; KARSTIFICATION; LIMESTONE; SELF POTENTIAL; SYNCLINE; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER TABLE; WELL LOGGING; WELL WATER;

BELGIUM; WALLONIA;

EID: 79960657744     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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