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@ARTICLE{Zhou:888188,
author = {Zhou, Zhen and Klotzsche, Anja and Hermans, Thomas and
Nguyen, Frédéric and Schmäck, Jessica and Haruzi, Peleg
and Vereecken, Harry and van der Kruk, Jan},
title = {3{D} aquifer characterization of the
{H}ermalle-sous-{A}rgenteau test site using crosshole
ground-penetrating radar amplitude analysis and
full-waveform inversion},
journal = {Geophysics},
volume = {85},
number = {6},
issn = {1942-2156},
address = {Alexandria, Va.},
publisher = {GeoScienceWorld},
reportid = {FZJ-2020-04750},
pages = {H133 - H148},
year = {2020},
abstract = {To improve the understanding of flow and transport
processes in the critical zone, high-resolution and accurate
estimation of the small-scale heterogeneity is essential.
Preferential flow paths related to high-porosity layers and
clay lenses in gravel aquifers greatly affect flow and
transport processes in the subsurface, and their high
electrical contrast to their surrounding matrix and limited
extent can act as low-velocity electromagnetic waveguides.
In the past decade, time-domain full-waveform inversion
(FWI) of crosshole ground-penetrating radar (GPR) data has
shown to provide 2D decimeter-scale resolution images of
relative permittivity and electrical conductivity of the
subsurface, which can be related to porosity and soil
texture. Most studies using crosshole GPR FWI resolved
high-porosity zones that were identified by an amplitude
analysis approach. But clay lenses or zones with higher
electrical conductivity that act as low-velocity waveguides
are hard to distinguish in the measured data and amplitude
analysis because of the absence of characteristic
wave-propagation features. We have investigated a set of
nine crosshole GPR data sets from a test site in
Hermalle-sous-Argenteau near the Meuse River in Belgium to
characterize the aquifer within a decimeter-scale resolution
and to improve the understanding of a previously performed
heat tracer experiment. Thereby, we extend the amplitude
analysis to identify two different types of low-velocity
waveguides either caused by an increased porosity or a
higher electrical conductivity (and higher porosity).
Combining the GPR amplitude analysis for low-velocity
waveguide zones with the standard FWI results provided
information on waveguide zones, which modified the starting
models and further improved the FWI results. Moreover, an
updated effective source wavelet is estimated based on the
updated permittivity starting models. In comparison with the
traditional FWI results, the updated FWI results present
smaller gradient of the medium properties and smaller
root-mean-squared error values in the final inversion
results. The nine crosshole sections are used to generate a
3D image of the aquifer and allowed a detailed analysis of
the porosity distribution along the different sections.
Consistent structures of the permittivity and electrical
conductivity show the robustness of the updated FWI results.
The aquifer structures obtained by the FWI results agree
with those results of the heat tracer experiment.},
cin = {IBG-3},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118},
pnm = {255 - Terrestrial Systems: From Observation to Prediction
(POF3-255)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-255},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000618326800023},
doi = {10.1190/geo2020-0067.1},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/888188},
}