Regional-scale integration of multiresolution hydrological and geophysical data using a two-step Bayesian sequential simulation approach

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 289-303

  Ruggeri, Paolo ^a   Irving, James ^a   Gloaguen, Erwan ^b   Holliger, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Downhole methods; Hydrogeophysics; Permeability and porosity; Probabilistic forecasting; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; DOWNHOLE METHODS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH-RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS; HYDROGEOPHYSICS; PERMEABILITY AND POROSITIES; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTING; SUBSURFACE HETEROGENEITY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FORECASTING; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TOMOGRAPHY;

DATA INTEGRATION;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FLOW MODELING; FORECASTING METHOD; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PROBABILITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84879474981     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt067     Document Type: Article

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