Joint application of geophysical methods and Direct Push-soil gas surveys for the improved delineation of buried fault zones

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 82, Issue , 2012, Pages 129-136

  Schütze, Claudia ^a   Vienken, Thomas ^a   Werban, Ulrike ^a   Dietrich, Peter ^a   Finizola, Anthony ^b   Leven, Carsten ^c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Direct Push; Electrical resistivity tomography; Fault delineation; Radon; Seismic refraction

Indexed keywords

CARRIER GAS; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; DIRECT-PUSH; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; FAULT DELINEATION; FAULT STRUCTURE; FAULT ZONE; GAS CONCENTRATION; GAS SAMPLING; GEOGENIC; GEOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; JOINT INTERPRETATION; MODEL IMAGES; POTENTIAL FAULTS; RADON-222; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SOIL GAS; SOIL GAS CONCENTRATION; SOIL-GAS CONCENTRATIONS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DYNAMIC POSITIONING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; RADON; REFRACTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY;

INERT GASES;

DETECTION METHOD; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FAULT ZONE; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; PERMEABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADON ISOTOPE; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SOIL GAS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 84861526529     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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