Geological environment of karst within chalk using airborne time domain electromagnetic data cross-interpreted with boreholes

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 173-186

  Reninger, P A ^a   Martelet, G ^a   Lasseur, E ^a   Beccaletto, L ^a   Deparis, J ^a   Perrin, J ^a   Chen, Y ^a  

^a UMR 7327   (France)

Author keywords

Airborne; Chalk; Karst; Time domain electromagnetism (TDEM); Transient electromagnetism (TEM)

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DEPOSITS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; LANDFORMS;

AIRBORNE; CHALK; GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT; KARST; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; TIME DOMAIN; TIME DOMAIN ELECTROMAGNETICS; TIME-DOMAIN ELECTROMAGNETIC DATA;

LIMESTONE;

BOREHOLE; CHALK; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; FAULT GEOMETRY; KARST;

FRANCE; NORMANDY; PARIS BASIN;

EID: 84901244911     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2014.04.020     Document Type: Article

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