Aplicación del método electromagnético de inducción ligera para el análisis de la permeabilidad en medios fracturados (granito de &quot

Fracture characterization in granites has been an important subject of study during these last years, by means of geological-structural cartography, hydrogeology and geochemical analysis. These works have been carried out to investigate the hydromechanics and permeability in low-permeability rocks....

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Authors: Vicente, Raquel de, Muñoz Martín, Alfonso, Olaiz Campos, Antonio, Antón, Loreto, Vicente, Gerardo de
Format: article
Publication Date:2009
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repository:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/8005
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/8005
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Permeability
Low-induction electromagnetic method
Resistivity
Fractures
Spanish Central
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Summary:Fracture characterization in granites has been an important subject of study during these last years, by means of geological-structural cartography, hydrogeology and geochemical analysis. These works have been carried out to investigate the hydromechanics and permeability in low-permeability rocks. In this study we apply a surface geophysical method in order to characterize the permeability of the fault zones affecting «El Berrocal» granite (Central System, Spain). The low-induction electromagnetic method (EM) gives us the apparent resistivity (ρa) values of the rocks at a maximum depth. As the ρa depends on the granite alteration and/or the water content, this parameter allows estimating the relative permeability of different fracture zones. The obtained results show that the high-permeability fractures are those that are larger ones which were active during Alpine deformation (Eocene-present)