Geophysical methods in saline groundwater studies: Locating perched water tables and fresh-water lenses

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 115-121

  Barrett, Brian ^a   Heinson, Graham ^a   Hatch, Michael ^b   Telfer, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Zonge Engineering and Research Organisation   (Australia)

^c Australian Water Environments Eastwood   (Australia)

Author keywords

DC resistivity; Frequency domain EM; Ground penetrating radar; Salinity; Time domain EM

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009367042     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG02115     Document Type: Article

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