Delineating subsurface heterogeneity at a loop of River Steinlach using geophysical and hydrogeological methods

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 335-348

  Doro, Kennedy O ^a   Leven, Carsten ^a   Cirpka, Olaf A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electric resistivity; Hydraulic conductivity; Stratigraphic heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAVEL; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RIVERS; SANDSTONE; SOIL TESTING;

AQUIFER PARAMETERS; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; HYDROGEOLOGICAL METHODS; KEY CONTROLLING FACTORS; RESISTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STRATIGRAPHIC HETEROGENEITY; SUBSURFACE HETEROGENEITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES;

STRATIGRAPHY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AQUIFER; AQUITARD; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GRAVEL; GROUNDWATER; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; RIVER BANK; SANDSTONE; TOPSOIL;

GERMANY;

EID: 84876903629     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2316-0     Document Type: Article

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