Applied Hydrogeophysics

by Vereecken, Harry; Binley, Andrew; Cassiani, Georgio; Revil, Andre; Titov, Konstantin

• ISBN13: 9781402049118
• ISBN10: 1402049110
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-30
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book focuses on how hydrogeophysical methods can be applied to solve problems facing environmental engineers, geophysicists, agronomists, hydrologists, soil scientists and hydrogeologists. We present applications of hydrogeophysical methods to the understanding of hydrological processes and environmental problems dealing with the flow of water and the transport of solutes and contaminants. The majority of the book is organized as a series of process-driven chapters, each authored by leading experts. Areas covered include: infiltration and solute transport processes, biogeochemical functioning of soil-water systems, coastal groundwater interactions, cold region hydrology, engineered barriers and landfill processes. In addition, the book offers insight into the development of new data fusion methodologies, of value to many hydrogeophysical investigations, and provides an account how the rapidly developing self-potential technique can give valuable information about water fluxes and hydrochemical states within the subsurface. Applied Hydrogeophysics provides students and new researchers to the field a comprehensive set of process-based studies that demonstrate the value (and limitations) of using geophysical methods for improved hydrological characterisation and management of the subsurface environment. Researchers already active in the field will find the case studies a very useful source of reference.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
List of Contributors	ix
Applied Hydrogeophysics	1	(8)
Harry Vereecken
Andrew Binley
Giorgio Cassiani
Andre Revil
Konstantin Titov
Hydrogeophysical Parameter Estimation Approaches for Field Scale Characterization	9	(36)
Niklas Linde
Jinsong Chen
Michael B. Kowalsky
Susan Hubbard
A Successive Linear Estimator for Electrical Resistivity Tomography	45	(30)
Tian-Chyi J. Yeh
Junfeng Zhu
Andreas Englert
Amado Guzman
Steve Flaherty
Unsaturated Zone Processes	75	(42)
Giorgio Cassiani
Andrew Binley
Ty P.A. Ferre
Solute Transport Processes	117	(44)
Andreas Kemna
Andrew Binley
Frederick Day-Lewis
Andreas Englert
Bulent Tezkan
Jan Vanderborght
Harry Vereecken
Peter Winship
Biogeophysics: The Effects of Microbial Processes on Geophysical Properties of the Shallow Subsurface	161	(34)
Estella A. Atekwana
D. Dale Werkema
Eliot A. Atekwana
Cold Regions Hydrogeophysics: Physical Characterization and Monitoring	195	(38)
Helen K. French
Andrew Binley
Ivan Kharkhordin
Bernd Kulessa
Sergey S. Krylov
Hydrogeophysical Applications in Coastal Aquifers	233	(22)
Mark Goldman
Uri Kafri
Applications of the Self-Potential Method to Hydrological Problems	255	(38)
Andre Revil
Konstantin Titov
Claude Doussan
Vincenzo Lapenna
Engineered Barriers for Pollutant Containment and Remediation	293	(26)
Lee Slater
Andrew Binley
Geoelectrical Characterisation of Covered Landfill Sites: A Process-Oriented Model and Investigative Approach	319	(22)
Maxwell Meju
Chernobyl-Born Radionuclides: Groundwater Protectability with Respect to Preferential Flow Zones	341	(36)
Vyacheslav M. Shestopalov
Yuriy F. Rudenko
Alexander S. Bohuslavsky
Volodymir N. Bublias
Index	377