Geophysical response of slackwater and sandy terrace deposits near Savanna, Northwestern Illinois

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 955-964

  Johnson, Beth A ^a   Carpenter, Philip J ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Fox Valley   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geophysics; Ground penetrating radar; Resistivity; Savanna; Slackwater terraces

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AQUIFERS; DEPOSITS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; RIVER POLLUTION; SAND; STRATIGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CLIMATIC VARIATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); HIGHEST RESOLUTIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; RESISTIVITY SOUNDING; SAVANNA; SLACKWATER TERRACES;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; RESOLUTION; SAVANNA; TERRACE; WAVE VELOCITY;

ILLINOIS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872865035     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1798-5     Document Type: Article

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