Review of self-potential methods in hydrogeophysics

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• 作者：Laurence Jouniaux ; Alexis Maineult ; Vé ; ronique Naudet ; Marc Pessel ; Pascal Sailhac
• 关键词：Self-potential ; Electrokinetics ; Electrochemical ; Water table ; Aquifer ; Pollution ; Inversion
• 刊名：Comptes Rendus Geoscience
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：October-November 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：341
• 期：10-11
• 页码：928-936
• 全文大小：400 K

文摘

The self-potential (SP) method is a passive geophysical method based on the natural occurrence of electrical fields on the Earth's surface. Combined with other geophysical methods, SP surveys are especially useful for localizing and quantifying groundwater flows and pollutant plume spreading, and estimating pertinent hydraulic properties of aquifers (water table, hydraulic conductivity). Laboratory experiments have shown that the involved coupling coefficients mainly depend on the fluid chemistry, conductivity and pH, and on the soil or rock properties. The interpretation of SP observations can be done qualitatively, for instance, by correlation of SP gradients with water fluxes (through electrokinetics) or salt fluxes (through electro-diffusion). In recent years, the interpretation has been improved with the help of modelling or/and inversion of the Poisson equation and endeavours to estimate hydraulic parameters by means of the intensity of electric current sources caused by underground flows.