Application of frequency-domain helicopter-borne electromagnetics for groundwater exploration in urban areas

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1373-1385

  Siemon, Bernhard ^a   Steuer, Annika ^a   Ullmann, Angelika ^a   Vasterling, Margarete ^a   Voß, Wolfgang ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airborne geophysics; Groundwater exploration; Helicopter borne electromagnetics; Man made sources; Potash mining; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICS; AQUIFER CONDITIONS; CASE HISTORY; CLAY CONTENT; CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETICS; FIELD DATA; FIELD VALUES; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; GERMANY; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; HARD ROCKS; HIGH FREQUENCY DATA; HOST MATERIALS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; INDONESIA; LOW-FREQUENCY DATA; MINERALISATION; NEAR-SURFACE; NETHERLANDS; PROTECTION LEVEL; ROUGH TERRAINS; SATURATED SEDIMENTS; SYNTHETIC DATA; SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN AREAS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; GEOPHYSICS; HELICOPTERS; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; TSUNAMIS; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROGEOLOGY; MINING; TSUNAMI; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY;

GERMANY; INDONESIA; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 81555223920     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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