High Resolution Seismic Reflection for Hydrogeology - What is the Value?

Robert Martin; Brett D. Harris; Richard Martin

doi:10.1071/ASEG2013ab117

ISSN: 2202-0586
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oa High Resolution Seismic Reflection for Hydrogeology - What is the Value?
Authors Robert Martin^a, Brett D. Harris^b and Richard Martin^c
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^a HiSeis Pty Ltd, Perth, , Western Australia, [email protected] ^b Curtin University of Technology, Perth, , Western Australia, [email protected] ^c Water Consultant, Perth, , Western Australia, [email protected]
Publisher: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Source: ASEG Extended Abstracts, Volume 2013, Issue ASEG2013 - 23rd Geophysical Conference, Dec 2013, p. 1 - 4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/ASEG2013ab117
- Published online: 01 Dec 2013

Abstract

With increasing demands on groundwater resources, concerns about the impacts of groundwater abstraction on groundwater dependent ecosystems and the new paradigm of large scale managed aquifer recharge, there comes a requirement for more robust definition for water resources. Seismic reflection surveying may offer this higher level of definition. Resolution at depth and the ability to map detailed structures cannot be matched with any other method. Seismic reflection is able to recover information that may contribute to revealing aquifer geometry and system fluxes. It also increases the value of existing borehole information. Take up of seismic reflection by the groundwater industry has been slow but is certainly gathering momentum with several high resolution basin scale surveys now providing clear examples of the value of seismic reflection. Seismic reflection surveying is expensive, so the key to success is strategic location of lines and selection of suitable acquisition parameters with sufficient resolution to answer key questions regarding the targeted hydrogeological system. We present several examples from the West Australian aquifer systems, compare the acquisition parameters selected and then clearly identify hydrogeological value of the outcome for each setting.

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Article Type: Research Article

Keyword(s): aquifer; hydrogeology; model; Seismic reflection; structures

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