geophysics Articles
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Governance, socio-economic and geophysical indices for determining water-related disaster risk
Governance, socio-economic and geophysical indicators are indispensable measures of risk for water-related disasters leading to a better disaster risk mitigation and management for sustainable development. Water-related disaster countermeasures are weak in non-OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries, thus higher economic losses and younger fatalities are ...
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Groundwater resource exploration
Resistivity method is very suitable for groundwater exploration. Two methods can be used, the surface method and crosshole method. Surface method is cost effective, though it is sometime not as accurate as the crosshole method. Geologists usually narrow down the exploration area and then operators can use geophysical methods to find groundwater. Surface method involves laying two cables on ...
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Water resourses management and natural environment changes in ancient Pleurona, Greece
The site of New Pleurona, a well fortified city of the Hellenistic period, is located in the western part of Greece. Archaeological and geophysical evidence indicates that the city, during its existence, was connected to the sea. The geomorphological changes are linked to the delta's progression of the two neighboring rivers, Acheloos and Evinos. In addition to the city's ...
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Geotechnical, Geophysical, Topography, Water Well Drilling and Water Supply Company in Afghanistan
Water Well Drilling, Geophysical, Geotechnical, Construction Materials Testing, Topography, Mapping and Water Supply Company in Afghanistan. Established and registered at Ministry of Commerce and Industries in July 28, 2004. Pyramid started its services as the first professional engineering company in the fields of water well drilling, geophysical surveys and geotechnical investigations in ...
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Vista Clara Geophysical Service Capabilities
As the world’s leading developer of advanced Magnetic Resonance (MR) Geophysical tools, Vista Clara also provides comprehensive data collection and analytical services onsite. With the unique expertise to analyze and interpret MR data, Vista Clara offers this advanced MR capability alongside other proven techniques for a complete geophysical solution. We are happy to offer this service ...
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Multi-electrode resistivity survey for groundwater exploration in the Harare greenstone belt, Zimbabwe
A multi-electrode resistivity survey, carried out over metasedimentary strata and metavolcanics in the Harare greenstone belt in northeastern Zimbabwe as part of a groundwater resources investigation, illustrates the ability of this technique to produce high-resolution images of the subsurface, which are useful for groundwater resources assessment. The resistivity results provide a clear view of ...
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FastTIMES article: Surface and Borehole NMR as a Characterization Tool for Managed Aquifer Recharge
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) is a powerful technology for groundwater investigations, leveraging the same physics as medical MRI imaging to directly detect water and characterize subsurface hydrogeologic parameters. In geophysics, surface NMR methods can be used to non-invasively map groundwater aquifers and borehole logging NMR tools can be used to obtain high-resolution estimates of ...
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Hydrogeology - A Global Perspective
The field of groundwater hydrology and the discipline of hydrogeology have attracted a lot of attention during the past few decades. This is mainly because of the increasing need for high quality water, especially groundwater. This book, written by 15 scientists from 6 countries, clearly demonstrates the extensive range of issues that are dealt with in the field of hydrogeology. Karst ...
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Human factor speeds up glacial melting
The impact of human activity is melting the glaciers in the world’s mountain regions, and is doing so at an accelerating rate. Ben Marzeion, a climate scientist at the University of Innsbruck’s Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, Austria, reports with colleagues in the journal Science that they used computer models to simulate changes in the world’s slow-flowing frozen ...
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European Training Trip: Multiple NMR Solutions - Case Study
Motivation Vista Clara NMR Geophysical Equipment helps clients image the subsurface to accurately define hydrogeologic properties including porosity, pore size, mobile and bound water content, permeability, and transmissivity. We offer equipment for sale or rent, as well as, professional consulting services to our ...
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Electromagnetic (EMI) surveys
EMI (EM-34) surveyDesigned and performed an EM-34 soil conductivity (soil mapping) survey of a 26-acre wood-waste landfill in Omak, Washington. This soil mapping survey was designed to detect buried drums at a depth of 60 feet and was augmented by a total-field magnetometer survey. While employed with the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), performed approximately 40 ...
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Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. - Case Study
Water resource experts and leads at CEC, Matt Gramza and Steve Casey, sat down with CivilGEO’s engineering director, Chris Maeder, to share how CivilGEO’s software products have helped CEC amp up its game and achieve new levels of productivity with river analysis and storm water modeling work. Matt Gramza described some inefficiencies the firm routinely encountered when using ...
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Using climate scenarios to evaluate future impacts on the groundwater resources and agricultural economy of the Texas High Plains
This study evaluated the impacts of future climate scenarios on the groundwater resources and agricultural economy of the Texas High Plains, using Hale county as a case study. Climate change impacts were incorporated into regional economic models using weather projections to develop crop response functions from crop models. These projections are based on quantitative projections of ...
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Spatial variations of river–groundwater interactions from upstream mountain to midstream oasis and downstream desert in Heihe River basin, China
The Heihe River basin consists of three different characteristic regions: upstream mountain area, midstream oasis region, and downstream desert region. Understanding the river–groundwater interactions in different river reaches is important for sustainable water resources management. In this study, river–groundwater interactions in three different river regions are investigated by the ...
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Texas Earthen Dam Seepage Flow Path Study - Case Study
Willowstick characterizes seepage flow paths through through the dam Background An engineering company was set to build a new outlet structure for a reservoir. They had been monitoring the dam for seepage and wanted to gain a better understanding of where seepage was occurring. Of significant importance to the client was the desire to characterize any preferential seepage flow paths along the ...
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With a stormy future ahead, study offers new tools for managing runoff
These two words might make you sleepy: stormwater management. But they should make you scared. Or, if a new study can help shake things up, hopeful. Runoff carrying oil, salt, fertilizer, sediment and other pollutants is a top threat to lakes across the U.S., and several factors — including rising population, growing cities and changing climate — are loading the future’s dice ...
By Ensia
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Distributed Thermal-Acoustic Data Integration
Silixa has developed a technique called Distributed Thermal Acoustics (DTA) to monitor simultaneously the thermal and acoustic profile along a hybrid optical fibre cable in submarine environments. Using its world leading distributed fibre optic technology (ULTIMATM DTS and iDASTM) Silixa deployed an optical fibre cable along the seabed and across the water column in an active gas seepage field. ...
By Silixa Ltd
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Panama Canal: Boat Towed 3D Resistivity Surveys - Case Study
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) needed to expand the canal in order to accommodate larger ships (and more traffic)—but first, they needed to know two things: what types of sediment loads needed to be dredged out—and more importantly—how much these loads would cost. That’s where AGI marine resistivity imaging methods come in. For two months in 2008, a team used boat-towed ...
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NMR Geophysical tools provide critical data for aquifer recharge studies in the Cosumnes River Basin - Case Study
Motivation The Cosumnes River watershed system in Central California is an extremely valuable resource, supplying water for agriculture and domestic needs and provides critical habitat for natural resources. It is one of the few remaining dam-free rivers in the region with a natural salmon run and supports some of the most productive agricultural areas of California. The subbasin has been ...
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USGS, NASA Study Finds Widespread Coastal Land Losses from Gulf Oil Spill
A new USGS-NASA study found widespread shoreline loss along heavily oiled areas of Louisiana's coast after the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and compared the erosion from the spill with coastal changes Hurricane Isaac caused in 2012. A pattern of dramatic, widespread shoreline loss along Louisiana’s coast caused by the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill has been revealed by a ...
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