Watershed characterization using seasonal time-lapse DC resistivity data

Carlyle Miller; Partha Routh; Troy Brosten; Jim McNamara

doi:10.1190/1.2792716

Watershed characterization using seasonal time-lapse DC resistivity data

Carlyle Miller
, Partha Routh
, Troy Brosten
, Jim McNamara

Geosciences Department

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Changes in water saturation can cause significant changes in the electrical conductivity of near surface materials. Thus mapping changes in the conductivity distribution during wet and dry periods provides an indirect way to quantify changes in the saturation of the near-surface medium. This, in turn, leads to better understanding of the water mass balance in a watershed characterization problem. The conductivity imaging can also provide other information such as fracture orientations within the near-surface medium. At Dry Creek watershed; situated at 1830m elevation near Boise, Idaho; we study seasonal changes in saturation using the time-lapse DC resistivity method. Four DC resistivity data sets were acquired between October 2005 and July 2006 to monitor the changes in conductivity. The results indicate that DC resistivity is a cost-effective tool to characterize a watershed and aids in the interpretation of other data collected in the watershed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Society of Exploration Geophysicists - 77th SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting, SEG 2007
Publisher	Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Pages	1177-1181
Number of pages	5
Volume	26
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	9781604238976
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1190/1.2792716
State	Published - 2007
Event	77th Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and Annual Meeting, SEG 2007 - San Antonio, United States Duration: 23 Sep 2007 → 26 Sep 2007

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Name	SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts
Publisher	Society of Exploration Geophysicists
ISSN (Print)	1052-3812

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Conference	77th Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and Annual Meeting, SEG 2007
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Antonio
Period	23/09/07 → 26/09/07

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Miller, C., Routh, P., Brosten, T., & McNamara, J. (2007). Watershed characterization using seasonal time-lapse DC resistivity data. In Society of Exploration Geophysicists - 77th SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting, SEG 2007 (1 ed., Vol. 26, pp. 1177-1181). (SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts). Society of Exploration Geophysicists. https://doi.org/10.1190/1.2792716

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Miller, C, Routh, P, Brosten, T & McNamara, J 2007, Watershed characterization using seasonal time-lapse DC resistivity data. in Society of Exploration Geophysicists - 77th SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting, SEG 2007. 1 edn, vol. 26, SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, pp. 1177-1181, 77th Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and Annual Meeting, SEG 2007, San Antonio, United States, 23/09/07. https://doi.org/10.1190/1.2792716

Watershed characterization using seasonal time-lapse DC resistivity data. / Miller, Carlyle; Routh, Partha; Brosten, Troy et al.
Society of Exploration Geophysicists - 77th SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting, SEG 2007. Vol. 26 1. ed. Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2007. p. 1177-1181 (SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts).

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