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BIOGEOPHYSICS: THE EFFECTS OF MICROBIAL PROCESSES ON GEOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SHALLOW SUBSURFACE
Citation:
ATEKEWANA, E., D. D. WERKEMA, AND E. ATEKWANA. BIOGEOPHYSICS: THE EFFECTS OF MICROBIAL PROCESSES ON GEOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SHALLOW SUBSURFACE. Chapter 6, H. Vereecken (ed.), Applied Hydrogeophysics. Springer-Verlag, New York, NY, 1:161-193, (2006).
Impact/Purpose:
Research is being conducted to improve and evaluate the resolution of the CR, EM, seismic, and GPR methods over complex geological formations (such as fractured geologies) and to evaluate the capability of these geophysical methods to delineate subsurface organic contaminants.
Description:
This chapter provides a brief review of how microbial interactions with the geologic media may translate to changes in the bulk physical properties of the subsurface
which are potentially measurable by geophysical techniques. The results of select pioneering laboratory and field investigations that have been completed in this new field of biogeophysics are presented.