Derivation of lowland riparian wetland deposit architecture using geophysical image analysis and interface detection

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 5886-5905

  Chambers, J E ^a   Wilkinson, P B ^a   Uhlemann, S ^a,b   Sorensen, J P R ^a   Roberts, C ^c   Newell, A J ^a   Ward, W O C ^a,d   Binley, A ^e   Williams, P J ^a   Gooddy, D C ^a   Old, G ^c   Bai, L ^d  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

edge detection; image analysis; resistivity; riparian; wetland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905971523     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR015643     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Aldiss, D. T., et al. (2010), Geology of the Newbury District and Part of the Abingdon District, Br. Geol. Surv., Nottingham, U. K.
2. Allen, D. J., W. G. Darling, D. C. Gooddy, D. J. Lapworth, A. J. Newell, A. T. Williams, D. Allen, and, C. Abesser, (2010), Interaction between groundwater, the hyporheic zone and a Chalk stream: A case study from the River Lambourn, UK, Hydrogeol. J., 18 (5), 1125-1141, doi: 10.1007/s10040-010-0592-2.
3. Andersen, H. E., (2004), Hydrology and nitrogen balance of a seasonally inundated Danish floodplain wetland, Hydrol. Processes, 18 (3), 415-434, doi: 10.1002/hyp.1277. (Pubitemid 38300807)
4. Archie, G. E., (1942), The electrical resistivity log as an aid in determining some reservoir characteristics, Trans. AIME, 146, 54-62.
5. Ausden, M., W. J. Sutherland, and, R. James, (2001), The effects of flooding lowland wet grassland on soil macroinvertebrate prey of breeding wading birds, J. Appl. Ecol., 38 (2), 320-338, doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00600.x. (Pubitemid 32459227)
6. Baldwin, A. H., M. S. Egnotovich, and, E. Clarke, (2001), Hydrologic change and vegetation of tidal freshwater marshes: Field, greenhouse, and seed-bank experiments, Wetlands, 21 (4), 519-531, doi: 10.1672/0277-5212(2001) 021[0519:hcavot]2.0.co;2. (Pubitemid 34034737)
7. Binley, A., B. Shaw, and, S. Henry-Poulter, (1996), Flow pathways in porous media: Electrical resistance tomography and dye staining image verification, Meas. Sci. Technol., 7 (3), 384-390, doi: 10.1088/0957-0233/7/3/ 020. (Pubitemid 126574912)
8. Bouchedda, A., M. Chouteau, A. Binley, and, B. Giroux, (2012), 2-D joint structural inversion of cross-hole electrical resistance and ground penetrating radar data, J. Appl. Geophys., 78, 52-67, doi: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2011.10.009.
9. Chambers, J. E., R. D. Ogilvy, O. Kuras, J. C. Cripps, and, P. I. Meldrum, (2002), 3D electrical imaging of known targets at a controlled environmental test site, Environ. Geol., 41 (6), 690-704, doi: 10.1007/s00254-001-0452-4. (Pubitemid 36053027)
10. Chambers, J. E., et al. (2012), Bedrock detection beneath river terrace deposits using three-dimensional electrical resistivity tomography, Geomorphology, 177, 17-25, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.03.034.
11. Chambers, J. E., P. B. Wilkinson, S. Penn, P. I. Meldrum, O. Kuras, M. H. Loke, and, D. A. Gunn, (2013), River terrace sand and gravel deposit reserve estimation using three-dimensional electrical resistivity tomography for bedrock surface detection, J. Appl. Geophys., 93, 25-32, doi: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2013. 03.002.
12. Collins, P. E. F., P. Worsley, D. M. Keith-Lucas, and, I. M. Fenwick, (2006), Floodplain environmental change during the Younger Dryas and Holocene in Northwest Europe: Insights from the lower Kennet Valley, south central England, Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 233 (1-2), 113-133, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.09.014.
13. Comas, X., L. Slater, and, A. Reeve, (2004), Geophysical evidence for peat basin morphology and stratigraphic controls on vegetation observed in a Northern Peatland, J. Hydrol., 295 (1-4), 173-184, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol. 2004303.008. (Pubitemid 38893923)
14. Crook, N., A. Binley, R. Knight, D. A. Robinson, J. Zarnetske, and, R. Haggerty, (2008), Electrical resistivity imaging of the architecture of substream sediments, Water Resour. Res., 44, W00D13, doi: 10.1029/2008WR006968.
15. Everard, M., (2005), Water Meadows, 289 pp., Forrest Text, Ceredigion, U. K.
16. Farquharson, C. G., and, D. W. Oldenburg, (1998), Non-linear inversion using general measures of data misfit and model structure, Geophys. J. Int., 134 (1), 213-227, doi: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.1998.00555.x.
17. Frings, R. M., H. Schuettrumpf, and, S. Vollmer, (2011), Verification of porosity predictors for fluvial sand-gravel deposits, Water Resour. Res., 47, W07525, doi: 10.1029/2010WR009690.
18. Gharibi, M., and, L. R. Bentley, (2005), Resolution of 3-D electrical resistivity images from inversions of 2-D orthogonal lines, J. Environ. Eng. Geophys., 10 (4), 339-349, doi: 10.2113/JEEG10.4.339. (Pubitemid 43106233)
19. Goudie, A., (1990), The Landforms of England and Wales, Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U. K.
20. Gozzard, J. R., (1981), The sand and gravel resources of the country around Newbury, Berkshire, Part 1: around Newbury, Description of 1:25000 sheet SU46 and parts of SU36, 37 and 47 [and] Part 2: North-east of Newbury. Description of 1:25000 sheet SU57, Mineral Assessment Report 59, Institute of Geological Sciences, Her Majesty's Stationary Office (HMSO), London, U. K.
21. Grapes, T. R., C. Bradley, and, G. E. Petts, (2006), Hydrodynamics of floodplain wetlands in a chalk catchment: The River Lambourn, UK, J. Hydrol., 320 (3-4), 324-341, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.07.028.
22. Hayley, K., L. R. Bentley, M. Gharibi, and, M. Nightingale, (2007), Low temperature dependence of electrical resistivity: Implications for near surface geophysical monitoring, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L18402, doi: 10.1029/2007GL031124.
23. Heagle, D., M. Hayashi, and, G. van der Kamp, (2013), Surface-subsurface salinity distribution and exchange in a closed-basin prairie wetland, J. Hydrol., 478, 1-14, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.05.054.
24. Hirsch, M., L. R. Bentley, and, P. Dietrich, (2008), A comparison of electrical resistivity, ground penetrating radar and seismic refraction results at a river terrace site, J. Environ. Eng. Geophys., 13 (4), 325-333, doi: 10.2113/JEEG13.4.325.
25. Holden, J., and, T. P. Burt, (2003), Runoff production in blanket peat covered catchments, Water Resour. Res., 39 (7), 1191, doi: 10.1029/2002WR001956.
26. Holden, J., T. P. Burt, and, M. Vilas, (2002), Application of ground-penetrating radar to the identification of subsurface piping in blanket peat, Earth Surf. Processes Landforms, 27 (3), 235-249, doi: 10.1002/esp.316. (Pubitemid 34276446)
27. Hsu, H. L., B. J. Yanites, C. C. Chen, and, Y. G. Chen, (2010), Bedrock detection using 2D electrical resistivity imaging along the Peikang River, central Taiwan, Geomorphology, 114 (3), 406-414, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009. 08.004.
28. Jackson, P. D., D. Taylor-Smith, and, P. N. Stanford, (1978), Resistivity-porosity-particle shape relationships for marine sands, Geophysics, 43 (6), 1250-1268, doi: 10.1190/1.1440891. (Pubitemid 9408264)
29. Jackson, P. D., J. F. Williams, M. A. Lovell, A. Camps, C. Rochelle, and, A. E. Milodowski, (2007), An investigation of the exponent in Archie's equation: Comparing numerical modeling with laboratory data: Towards characterising disturbed samples from the Cascadia Margin: IODP Expedition 311, in Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 49th Annual Logging Symposium, 10 pp., SPWLA, Edinburgh.
30. Karan, S., P. Engesgaard, M. C. Looms, T. Laier, and, J. Kazmierczak, (2013), Groundwater flow and mixing in a wetland-stream system: Field study and numerical modeling, J. Hydrol., 488, 73-83, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.02.030.
31. Klove, B., et al. (2011), Groundwater dependent ecosystems. Part I: Hydroecological status and trends, Environ. Sci. Policy, 14 (7), 770-781, doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.04.002.
32. Lapworth, D. J., D. C. Gooddy, D. Allen, and, G. H. Old, (2009), Understanding groundwater, surface water and hyporheic zone biogeochemical processes in a Chalk catchment using fluorescence properties of dissolved and colloidal organic matter, J. Geophys. Res., 114, G00F02, doi: 10.1029/2009JG000921.
33. Loke, M. H., and, R. D. Barker, (1996), Practical techniques for 3D resistivity surveys and data inversion, Geophys. Prospect., 44 (3), 499-523, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.1996.tb00162.x.
34. Loke, M. H., I. Ackworth, and, T. Dahlin, (2003), A comparison of smooth and blocky inversion methods in 2D electrical imaging surveys, Explor. Geophys., 34, 182-187.
35. Loke, M. H., J. E. Chambers, D. F. Rucker, O. Kuras, and, P. B. Wilkinson, (2013), Recent developments in the direct-current geoelectrical imaging method, J. Appl. Geophys., 95, 135-156, doi: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2013.02. 017.
36. Mansoor, N., and, L. Slater, (2007), Aquatic electrical resistivity imaging of shallow-water wetlands, Geophysics, 72 (5), F211-F221, doi: 10.1190/1.2750667. (Pubitemid 47382180)
37. McClain, M. E., et al. (2003), Biogeochemical hot spots and hot moments at the interface of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, Ecosystems, 6, 301-312, doi: 10.1007/s10021-003-0161-9. (Pubitemid 38131650)
38. Meads, L. N., L. R. Bentley, and, C. A. Mendoza, (2003), Application of electrical resistivity imaging to the development of a geologic model for a proposed Edmonton landfill site, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 40 (3), 551-558, doi: 10.1139/t03-017. (Pubitemid 37061086)
39. Murton, J. B., (1996), Near-surface brecciation of chalk, Isle of Thanet, south-east England: A comparison with ice-rich brecciated bedrocks in Canada and Spitsbergen, Permafrost Periglacial Processes, 7 (2), 153-164, doi: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1530(199604)7:2<153::aid-ppp215>3.0.co;2-7. (Pubitemid 126593781)
40. Murton, J. B., and, R. K. Belshaw, (2011), A conceptual model of valley incision, planation and terrace formation during cold and arid permafrost conditions of Pleistocene southern England, Quat. Res., 75 (2), 385-394, doi: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.10.002.
41. Musgrave, H., and, A. Binley, (2011), Revealing the temporal dynamics of subsurface temperature in a wetland using time-lapse geophysics, J. Hydrol., 396 (3-4), 258-266, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.11.008.
42. Nelson, P. H., (1994), Permeability-porosity relationships in sedimentary rocks, Log Anal., 35 (3), 38-62.
43. Nguyen, F., S. Garambois, D. Jongmans, E. Pirard, and, M. H. Loke, (2005), Image processing of 2D resistivity data for imaging faults, J. Appl. Geophys., 57 (4), 260-277, doi: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2005.02.001. (Pubitemid 40875978)
44. Prior, H., and, P. J. Johnes, (2002), Regulation of surface water quality in a Cretaceous Chalk catchment, UK: An assessment of the relative importance of instream and wetland processes, Sci. Total Environ., 282, 159-174, doi: 10.1016/s0048-9697(01)00950-0. (Pubitemid 34136927)
45. Pryor, W. A., (1973), Permeability-porosity patterns and variations in some Holocene sand bodies, Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull., 57 (1), 162-189.
46. Riddell, E. S., S. A. Lorentz, and, D. C. Kotze, (2010), A geophysical analysis of hydro-geomorphic controls within a headwater wetland in a granitic landscape, through ERI and IP, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 14 (8), 1697-1713, doi: 10.5194/hess-14-1697-2010.
47. Shepherd, R. G., (1989), Correlations of permeability and grain-size, Ground Water, 27 (5), 633-638, doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1989.tb00476.x.
48. Shevnin, V., A. Mousatov, A. Ryjov, and, O. Delgado-Rodriquez, (2007), Estimation of clay content in soil based on resistivity modelling and laboratory measurements, Geophys. Prospect., 55 (2), 265-275, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2478. 2007.00599.x. (Pubitemid 46351475)
49. Singha, K., and, S. M. Gorelick, (2006), Hydrogeophysical tracking of three-dimensional tracer migration: The concept and application of apparent petrophysical relations, Water Resour. Res., 42, W06422, doi: 10.1029/2005WR004568.
50. Slater, L. D., and, A. Reeve, (2002), Investigating peatland stratigraphy and hydrogeology using integrated electrical geophysics, Geophysics, 67 (2), 365-378, doi: 10.1190/1.1468597. (Pubitemid 34395239)
51. Ward, W. O. C., P. B. Wilkinson, J. E. Chambers, L. S. Oxby, and, L. Bai, (2014), Distribution-based fuzzy clustering of Electrical Resistivity Tomography images for interface detection, Geophysical Journal International, 197 (1), 310-321, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu006.
52. Wheater, H. S., D. Peach, and, A. Binley, (2007), Characterising groundwater-dominated lowland catchments: The UK Lowland Catchment Research Programme (LOCAR), Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 11 (1), 108-124, doi: 10.5194/hess-11-108-2007. (Pubitemid 46134810)
53. Wilkinson, P., M. H., Loke, P. I. Meldrum, J. E. Chambers, O. Kuras, D. A. Gunn, and, R. D. Ogilvy, (2012), Practical aspects of applied optimised survey design for electrical resistivity tomography, Geophys. J. Int., 189 (1), 428-440, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05372.x.
54. Woods, M. A., and, D. T. Aldiss, (2004), The stratigraphy of the Chalk Group of the Berkshire Downs, Proc. Geol. Assoc., 115, 249-265, doi: 10.1016/S0016-7878(04)80006-3. (Pubitemid 39364979)
55. Younger, P. L., (1989), Devensian periglacial influences on the development of spatially-variable permeability in the Chalk of southeast England, Q. J. Eng. Geol., 22 (4), 343-354, doi: 10.1144/gsl.qjeg.1989.022.04. 07.
56. Zedler, J. B., (2000), Progress in wetland restoration ecology, Trends Ecol. Evol., 15 (10), 402-407, doi: 10.1016/s0169-5347(00)01959-5.
57. Zhou, Q. Y., J. Shimada, and, A. Sato, (2001), Three-dimensional spatial and temporal monitoring of soil water content using electrical resistivity tomography, Water Resour. Res., 37 (2), 273-285, doi: 10.1029/2000WR900284. (Pubitemid 32111435)