A comparative study of in-river geophysical techniques to define variations in riverbed salt load and aid managing river salinization

Geophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Hatch, Michael ^a   Munday, Tim ^b   Heinson, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER; POTABLE WATER; STREAM FLOW;

CONDUCTIVITY STRUCTURES; DEPTH OF INVESTIGATION; GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; HELICOPTER ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS; INTRINSIC DIFFERENCES; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA; SUBSTRATE CONDUCTIVITY; TOWED TRANSIENT ELECTROMAGNETIC;

RIVERS;

BEDLOAD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER FLOW; SALINIZATION; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; RIVER WATER; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY RIVER;

EID: 84864157176     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3475706     Document Type: Article

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