Salinity dependence of spectral induced polarization in sands and sandstones

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 813-824

  Revil, A ^a,b   Skold, M ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Electrical properties; Electromagnetic theory; Hydrogeophysics; Permeability and porosity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CLASSICAL METHODS; CURRENT ELECTRODES; DISPERSIVITY; ELECTRICAL CHARGES; ELECTRICAL FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY; FIELD DATA; HYDROGEOPHYSICS; MINERAL SURFACES; PH VALUE; PHASE LAGS; PORE WATERS; QUADRATURE CONDUCTIVITY; REVERSIBLE STORAGE; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SITE DENSITY; SORPTION COEFFICIENTS; SPECIFIC SURFACE; SPECTRAL INDUCED POLARIZATION; STERN LAYER; TRACER TESTS; TRIPLE LAYER MODELS; VOLTAGE ELECTRODES; ZETA POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS;

AQUIFERS; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLARIZATION; POROUS MATERIALS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SORPTION; SURFACES; WATER; ZETA POTENTIAL;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

AQUIFER; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; INDUCED POLARIZATION; PERMEABILITY; POREWATER; POROSITY; SALINITY; SAND; SANDSTONE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052965159     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05181.x     Document Type: Article

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