Constraining 3-D electrical resistance tomography with GPR reflection data for improved aquifer characterization

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 78, Issue , 2012, Pages 68-76

  Doetsch, Joseph ^a   Linde, Niklas ^b   Pessognelli, Mirco ^a   Green, Alan G ^a   Günther, Thomas ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquifer characterization; Constrained inversion; ERT; GPR

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; CHANNELIZED FLOW; CONSTRAINED INVERSION; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ERT; FLUVIAL DEPOSITS; GPR IMAGES; GPR REFLECTION; GRAVEL AQUIFERS; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INVERSION MODELS; QUANTITATIVE INTERPRETATION; RESISTIVITY VARIATION; RIVER EMBANKMENTS; SMOOTHNESS CONSTRAINTS; STRUCTURAL CONSTRAINTS; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; SUBSURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE-BASED; SWITZERLAND;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CHARACTERIZATION; DEPOSITS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GRAVEL; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; TOMOGRAPHY;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; DATA INVERSION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EMBANKMENT; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84856598794     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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