Estimation of aquifer transport parameters from resistivity monitoring data within a coupled inversion framework

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 409, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 545-554

  Fowler, Dylan E ^a   Moysey, Stephen M J ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled inversion; Electrical resistivity; Groundwater; Monitoring; Solute transport

Indexed keywords

APPARENT RESISTIVITY; CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS; COUPLED INVERSION; CURRENT ELECTRODES; DISCRIMINATING POWER; DISPERSIVITY; ELECTRICAL DATA; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESPONSE; GROUNDWATER TRANSPORT; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; HOMOGENOUS SYSTEM; INFORMATION CONTENTS; NONUNIQUENESS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; ROCK PHYSICS; SIMPLE SYSTEM; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; SOLUTE MIGRATION; TRANSPORT PARAMETERS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VOLTAGE CHANGE; VOLTAGE RESPONSE;

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SURVEYS;

MONITORING;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; DISPERSIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; HOMOGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PLUME; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 80054071514     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.08.063     Document Type: Article

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