Crosswell seismic imaging in a contaminated basalt aquifer

GEOPHYSICS

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 16-24

  Daley, Thomas M ^a   Majer, Ernest L ^a   Peterson, John E ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BASALT; BOREHOLES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; SEISMOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LABORATORIES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES; SURVEYS; VELOCITY; VIBRATORS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WELL SPACING;

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; FRACTURE ZONES; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; CROSSWELL SEISMIC IMAGING; HYDROLOGIC PROPERTIES; IDAHO NATIONAL ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES; SIMULTANEOUS ACQUISITION; SUBSURFACE CHARACTERIZATIONS;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BASALT; BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; FRACTURED MEDIUM; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEISMIC SURVEY; TOMOGRAPHY;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84995332443     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1649371     Document Type: Article

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