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dc.contributor.authorSloan, Steven D.
dc.contributor.authorTsoflias, Georgios P.
dc.contributor.authorSteeples, Don W.
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-19T18:33:37Z
dc.date.available2015-03-19T18:33:37Z
dc.date.issued2007-11-27
dc.identifier.citationSloan, S. D., G. P. Tsoflias, and D. W. Steeples (2007), Shallow seismic AVO variations related to partial water saturation during a pumping test, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L22405, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2007GL031556.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/17122
dc.descriptionThis is the published version. Copyright 2007 by the American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.en_US
dc.description.abstractHigh-resolution shallow seismic reflection experiments were conducted during and after a pumping test of an agricultural irrigation well to image the cone of depression. Although variations in the reflection time from the top of the saturated zone were not observed, amplitude-versus-offset (AVO) analysis revealed changes in reflection amplitude responses that correlate temporally and spatially to expected changes to the partially saturated zone induced by the pumping and recovery of the aquifer. The AVO responses exhibit dependence on aquifer drawdown and recovery cycles and the distance from the pumping well. We propose that near-surface soil heterogeneity and relatively rapid changes in the water table elevation during irrigation cycles caused a thickening of the partially saturated zone above the water table, which resulted in detectable changes in seismic reflection amplitudes. This study offers insights about the response of shallow seismic reflections to changes in subsurface water saturation and the potential application of seismic techniques to hydrogeophysical problems.en_US
dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Unionen_US
dc.subjectshallowen_US
dc.subjectSeismicen_US
dc.subjecthyrdogeophysicsen_US
dc.titleShallow seismic AVO variations related to partial water saturation during a pumping testen_US
dc.typeArticle
kusw.kuauthorTsoflias, Georgios P
kusw.kuauthorSteeples, Don W.
kusw.kudepartmentGeologyen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1029/2007GL031556
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher version
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