Joint inversion of steady-state hydrologic and self-potential data for 3D hydraulic conductivity distribution at the Boise Hydrogeophysical Research Site

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 407, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 115-128

  Straface, Salvatore ^a,b   Chidichimo, Francesco ^a   Rizzo, Enzo ^b   Riva, Monica ^c   Barrash, Warren ^d   Revil, André ^e,f   Cardiff, Michael ^d,g   Guadagnini, Alberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^g Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Inverse problem; Multiple Indicator Kriging; Self potential

Indexed keywords

BOISE HYDROGEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH SITES; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; FORMAL MODEL; GEOMATERIALS; GEOPHYSICAL INFORMATION; HEAD DATA; HETEROGENEOUS AQUIFERS; HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; HYDRAULIC HEADS; INDICATOR KRIGING; INVERSE MODELS; INVERSION PROCEDURE; JOINT INVERSION; LEVEL OF DETAIL; MODEL PARAMETERS; MULTIPLE INDICATOR KRIGING; NUMERICAL FLOW MODELS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PIEZOMETRIC READINGS; RELATIVE WEIGHTS; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL DATA; SELF POTENTIAL; SELF-POTENTIAL SIGNALS; STATE VARIABLES; VARIOGRAMS; VOLUMETRIC FRACTIONS; WATER TABLES; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INTERPOLATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AQUIFER; BOREHOLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC HEAD; HYDROGEOLOGY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; KRIGING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PIEZOMETER; RECONSTRUCTION; RESEARCH INSTITUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SELF POTENTIAL; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; VARIOGRAM; WELL WATER;

BOISE; IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052033145     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.07.013     Document Type: Article

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