Monitoring freshwater salinization in analog transport models by time-lapse electrical resistivity tomography

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 84-95

  Wagner, Florian M ^a,b   Möller, Marcus ^a   Schmidt Hattenberger, Cornelia ^a   Kempka, Thomas ^a   Maurer, Hansruedi ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brine migration; Electrical resistivity tomography; Numerical flow and transport simulations; Salinization; Sandbox

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODELING; COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS; DRIVING FORCES; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE CONFIGURATIONS; FORMATION WATER; GAS INJECTION PROCESS; GEOELECTRICAL; GEOLOGICAL STORAGE; HIGH-PRESSURE GRADIENT; INVERSION RESULTS; MONITORING TECHNIQUES; NUMERICAL FLOW; RESISTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SALINIZATION; SALINIZATION PROCESS; SANDBOX; SHALLOW FRESHWATER; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSPORT MODELS; WENNER CONFIGURATION;

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; SENSOR NETWORKS; WATER;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

ANALOG MODEL; AQUIFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DETECTION METHOD; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FLOW MODELING; FRESHWATER; MONITORING SYSTEM; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINIZATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84871643816     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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