Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Pumping test in a layered aquifer: Numerical analysis of self-potential signals. / Titov, K.; Konosavsky, P.; Narbut, M.
In: Journal of Applied Geophysics, Vol. 123, 2015, p. 188-193.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
}
TY - JOUR
T1 - Pumping test in a layered aquifer: Numerical analysis of self-potential signals
AU - Titov, K.
AU - Konosavsky, P.
AU - Narbut, M.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - We used numerical modeling to study Self-Potential (SP) signals associated with a pumping test in a layered aquifer containing the main aquifer, a thin aquitard, and a shallow aquifer. The results revealed an unusual behavior of SP signals, which were not linearly correlated with the hydraulic head distributions. We explained this behavior by a vertical downward groundwater flow, from the shallow aquifer to the main aquifer, in the course of the pumping test. However, when plotted as a function of time, the SP signals and hydraulic heads displayed coherent behavior. In both distributions, three stages of the pumping test were determined: at early times, only the main aquifer and the aquitard responded to the pumping; at intermediate times, the downward flow from the shallow aquifer occurred; and at late times, the layered aquifer responded to the pumping as a whole. The SP signals reacted to the sequence of these stages much faster than the hydraulic head distributions. In principle, this might allow reducing
AB - We used numerical modeling to study Self-Potential (SP) signals associated with a pumping test in a layered aquifer containing the main aquifer, a thin aquitard, and a shallow aquifer. The results revealed an unusual behavior of SP signals, which were not linearly correlated with the hydraulic head distributions. We explained this behavior by a vertical downward groundwater flow, from the shallow aquifer to the main aquifer, in the course of the pumping test. However, when plotted as a function of time, the SP signals and hydraulic heads displayed coherent behavior. In both distributions, three stages of the pumping test were determined: at early times, only the main aquifer and the aquitard responded to the pumping; at intermediate times, the downward flow from the shallow aquifer occurred; and at late times, the layered aquifer responded to the pumping as a whole. The SP signals reacted to the sequence of these stages much faster than the hydraulic head distributions. In principle, this might allow reducing
KW - Pumping testing
KW - Numerical modeling
KW - Self-Potential
U2 - 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2015.10.006
DO - 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2015.10.006
M3 - Article
VL - 123
SP - 188
EP - 193
JO - Journal of Applied Geophysics
JF - Journal of Applied Geophysics
SN - 0926-9851
ER -
ID: 3970344