Integrated electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) and self-potential (SP) techniques for assessing hydrological processes within glacial lake moraine dams

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 58, Issue 211, 2012, Pages 849-858

  Thompson, Sarah ^a,b   Kulessa, Bernd ^a   Luckman, Adrian ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MELTWATER; MORAINE; SELF POTENTIAL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

ITALY; MIAGE GLACIER; VALLE D'AOSTA;

EID: 84867223452     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2012JoG11J235     Document Type: Article

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