Electrical methods (VES and ERT) for identifying, mapping and monitoring different saline domains in a coastal plain region (Alt Empordà, Northern Spain)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 409, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 407-422

  Zarroca, Mario ^a   Bach, Joan ^a   Linares, Rogelio ^a   Pellicer, Xavier M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Geological Survey of Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Coastal plain; Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT); Geophysical mapping; Salinity of soils and water; Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) surveys

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; GEOPHYSICAL MAPPING; SALINITY OF SOILS AND WATER; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING;

AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA HANDLING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SALINE WATER;

COASTAL PLAIN; DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SALINE SOIL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING; WATER RESOURCE;

CATALONIA; EMPORDA; GERONA [CATALONIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 80054081405     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.08.052     Document Type: Article

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