Estimation of aquifer hydraulic parameters from surface geophysical measurements: a case study of the Upper Cretaceous aquifer, central Sinai, Egypt

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作者
Massoud, Usama [1 ]
Santos, Fernando [2 ]
Khalil, Mohamed A. [1 ,2 ]
Taha, Ayman [1 ]
Abbas, Abbas M. [1 ]
机构
[1] NRIAG, Cairo 11722, Egypt
[2] Univ Lisbon, CGUL, Ctr Geophys, P-1749016 Lisbon, Portugal
关键词
Groundwater exploration; Geophysical methods; Hydrogeophysics; Upper Cretaceous aquifer; Egypt; GROUNDWATER; SOUNDINGS; BASIN;
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10.1007/s10040-009-0551-y
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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07 ;
摘要
The integration of geophysical data with direct hydrogeological measurements can provide a minimally invasive approach to characterize the subsurface at a variety of resolutions and over many spatial scales. The field of hydrogeophysics has attracted much attention during the last two decades. In this domain, the geophysical data inverted to geophysical models are interpreted in terms of the hydrogeology to serve as a basis for the definition of hydraulic models in the areas of interest. The hydraulic conductivity (K) value measured in a reference borehole has been combined with the electrical conductivity obtained from nearby geo-electromagnetic sounding data in the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) aquifer, central Sinai, Egypt. The resulting relation was interpreted with Dar Zarrouk parameters to infer the transmissivity variations at other vertical electrical sounding locations, where K values are unknown. Coincident transient electromagnetic data have been adopted to increase accuracy while interpreting the aquifer geoelectrical properties. The results indicate that the transmissivity values in the aquifer of interest vary from 2,446 to 9,694 m(2)/day, and K varies from 12.9 to 57.0 m/day throughout the studied area.
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