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@ARTICLE{AlHazaimay:818268,
author = {Al-Hazaimay, Sadam. and Huisman, Johan. A. and Zimmermann,
Egon. and Vereecken, Harry.},
title = {{U}sing electrical anisotropy for structural
characterization of sediments: an experimental validation
study},
journal = {Near surface geophysics},
volume = {14},
number = {4},
issn = {1569-4445},
address = {Houten},
publisher = {EAGE},
reportid = {FZJ-2016-04742},
pages = {357 - 369},
year = {2016},
abstract = {Improved characterization of subsurface heterogeneity is
important to better understand a range of key processes in
the hydrologic cycle, such as overland flow, infiltration
into the soil, evaporation to the atmosphere, and
transpiration by plants. Recently, synthetic modelling
studies have shown that information on subsurface
heterogeneity can be obtained from the anisotropy in
electrical resistivity. The objective of this paper is to
experimentally validate the findings of this synthetic
modelling study. In order to do so, we developed a new
measurement procedure to determine the effective complex
electrical resistivity from a set of current injections and
voltage measurements on a heterogeneous sample. A synthetic
modelling study showed that this new measurement procedure
was able to reproduce the results of the previous study that
showed how the electrical properties and the correlation
length ratio of bimodal distributions of two materials can
be obtained from the effective complex electrical
resistivity measured in two perpendicular directions. After
validation of the new measurement approach, we constructed
two bimodal distributions in a 2D measurement cell and
applied the newly developed measurement strategy. We were
able to estimate the electrical properties, the volume
fraction, and the correlation length ratio with good
accuracy from the complex resistivity measurements in two
directions. The remaining differences were attributed to
variations in sediment thickness that occurred during sample
preparation. We conclude that anisotropy should not be
ignored but embraced when dealing with subsurface
heterogeneity and that proper interpretation of anisotropy
may actually be used to characterize subsurface
heterogeneity.},
cin = {IBG-3 / ZEA-2},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118 / I:(DE-Juel1)ZEA-2-20090406},
pnm = {255 - Terrestrial Systems: From Observation to Prediction
(POF3-255)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-255},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000381781500006},
doi = {10.3997/1873-0604.2016026},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/818268},
}