Inference of lithologic distributions in an alluvial aquifer using airborne transient electromagnetic surveys

Geophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Dickinson, Jesse E ^a   Pool, D R ^a   Groom, R W ^b   Davis, L J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b PetRos EiKon Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DRILLS; GEOMETRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INFILL DRILLING; LITHOLOGY; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; SEDIMENTS; SILT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURVEYS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

COARSE-GRAINED SEDIMENTS; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; RESISTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RESISTIVITY STRUCTURE; TRANSIENT ELECTROMAGNETICS; UPPER SAN PEDRO BASIN;

ELECTROMAGNETIC LOGGING;

AQUIFER; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; LITHOLOGY; MAPPING METHOD; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; SALINITY; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARIZONA; SAN PEDRO RIVER; UNITED STATES; SAN PEDRO BASIN [(RVB) NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84865696782     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3464325     Document Type: Article

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