The Self-Potential Method - Abderrahim Jardani

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Résumé :
A key reference on the self-potential method for researchers, professionals and students in geophysics, environmental science, hydrology and geotechnical engineering.

Biographie:
Andr? Revil is Associate Professor at the Colorado School of Mines and Directeur de Recherche at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in France. His research focuses on the development of new methods in petrophysics, and the development of electrical geophysical methods applied to geothermal systems, water resources and oil and gas reservoirs. Dr Revil is presently Chief Editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research ? Solid Earth, Associate Editor of the Vadose Zone Journal and editorial member of the International Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Optimization and has published 156 peer-reviewed papers. He received the Bronze Medal from the CNRS for outstanding research in 2003 and an award of excellence from the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) in 2004.

Sommaire:
Foreword; Preface; 1. Fundamentals of the self-potential method; 2. Development of a fundamental theory; 3. Laboratory investigations; 4. Forward and inverse modeling; 5. Applications to geohazards; 6. Application to water resources; 7. Application to hydrothermal systems; 8. Seismoelectric coupling; Appendix A: a simple model of the Stern layer; Appendix B: the u-p formulation of poroelasticity; References; Index.