Geological discontinuities, main flow path and chemical alteration in a marly hill prone to slope instability: Assessment from petrophysical measurements and borehole image analysis

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2071-2084

  Lofi, Johanna ^a   Pezard, Philippe ^a   Loggia, Didier ^a   Garel, Emilie ^b   Gautier, Stéphanie ^a   Merry, Christophe ^a   Bondabou, Karim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

Author keywords

Alteration; Borehole images; Fractures; Landslide; Lithology; Marls

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICAL IMAGES; ALTERATION; BLACK MARLS; BOREHOLE IMAGE ANALYSIS; BOREHOLE IMAGES; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CLAY SHALE; CORE PLUGS; DOWNHOLES; FISSURE PATTERNS; FLOW PATH; FLUID CIRCULATION; GEOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MARLS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; NATURAL LABORATORIES; PETROPHYSICAL ANALYSIS; PETROPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS; PREFERENTIAL WATER FLOW; SCHISTOSITY; SLOPE INSTABILITY; STRUCTURAL PLANES; TRACER MEASUREMENT; TRANSMISSIVITY; WELL PULSE;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; CARBONATE MINERALS; FERTILIZERS; FRACTURE; GEOPHYSICS; LANDSLIDES; LITHOLOGY; SHALE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; DISCONTINUITY; FISSURE; FRACTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LITHOLOGY; MARL; SHALE; SLOPE STABILITY; WATER FLOW;

ALPS; FRANCE;

EID: 84863494988     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7997     Document Type: Article

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