Electrical methods for detection and discrimination of saline groundwater in clay-rich sediments in northern Victoria

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 294-300

  Viezzoli, Andrea ^a   Cull, James ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clay; Groundwater; Induced polarization; Normalised chargeability; Salt

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009396488     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG05294     Document Type: Article

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