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The use of electrical conductivity mapping in the definition of an aquifer vulnerability index
Author(s) -
Kirsch Reinhard,
Sengpiel KlausPeter,
Voss Wolfgang
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
near surface geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1873-0604
pISSN - 1569-4445
DOI - 10.3997/1873-0604.2002003
Subject(s) - aquifer , hydrogeology , geology , igneous petrology , economic geology , infiltration (hvac) , environmental geology , geophysics , scale (ratio) , regional geology , soil science , groundwater , hydrology (agriculture) , remote sensing , engineering geology , geotechnical engineering , seismology , meteorology , telmatology , cartography , volcanism , geography , tectonics
There is an increasing demand for vulnerability maps which show the degree of exposure of aquifers against pollution. Parameters shown in these maps are generally cation exchange capacity or clay content of the near surface layers, or quantities related to the infiltration time of surface water. Instead of determining these parameters by means of drillings and geological investigation, we propose the use of geophysical techniques for vulnerability mapping and for the interpolation between drillings. A geophysical quantity which is closely related to these parameters is the electrical conductivity. In this paper the relation between clay content and electrical conductivity is shown and used for vulnerability mapping. It is demonstrated that ground and airborne electromagnetic (EM) techniques are suited for large scale data acquisition.