Viability of using seismic data to predict hydrogeological parameters
- Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, NV (United States)
Design of modem contaminant mitigation and fluid extraction projects make use of solutions from stochastic hydrogeologic models. These models rely heavily on the hydraulic parameters of hydraulic conductivity and the correlation length of hydraulic conductivity. Reliable values of these parameters must be acquired to successfully predict flow of fluids through the aquifer of interest. An inexpensive method of acquiring these parameters by use of seismic reflection surveying would be beneficial. Relationships between seismic velocity and porosity together with empirical observations relating porosity to permeability may lead to a method of extracting the correlation length of hydraulic conductivity from shallow high resolution seismic data making the use of inexpensive high density data sets commonplace for these studies.
- OSTI ID:
- 526141
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-970344-; TRN: 97:003014-0039
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: SAGEEP `97: 10. annual symposium on the application of geophysics to environmental and engineering problems, Reno, NV (United States), 23-26 Mar 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the symposium on the application of geophysics to engineering and environmental problems. SAGEEP `97: Volume I and II; Bell, R.S. [comp.]; PB: 1096 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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