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GRAVITY............................................................................................................................................ 101<br />

Using gravity to map groundwater level changes ....................................................................... 102<br />

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR ........................................................................................................ 102<br />

MAGNETICS ....................................................................................................................................... 105<br />

MAGNETOMETRIC RESISTIVITY (WILLOWSTICK AQUATRACK)......................................................... 107<br />

MAGNETOTELLURICS (NATURAL AND CONTROLLED SOURCE) .......................................................... 109<br />

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SOUNDING.................................................................................. 109<br />

RADIOMETRICS /SCINTILLOMETERS /GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS ............................................. 110<br />

SEISMIC ............................................................................................................................................. 110<br />

SOIL MOISTURE AND WATER SUCTION SENSORS ................................................................................ 111<br />

Soil moisture content measurement using ground penetrating radar ......................................... 112<br />

REMOTE SENSING - AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND SATELLITE IMAGERY.............................................. 112<br />

VLF................................................................................................................................................... 113<br />

10. SOFTWARE .................................................................................................................................. 115<br />

REAL TIME MAPPING -GEOMAR SOFTWARE...................................................................................... 115<br />

REAL TIME MAPPING -GEOPHEX ....................................................................................................... 115<br />

REAL TIME IMAGING -TERRAOHM INSTRUMENTS AB...................................................................... 115<br />

REAL TIME NAVIGATION AND GENERAL PURPOSE GEOPHYSICAL LOGGING –TRIMBLE..................... 115<br />

REAL TIME NAVIGATION –OTHERS ................................................................................................... 115<br />

REAL TIME IMAGING –IRIS INSTRUMENTS ........................................................................................ 116<br />

VISUALIZATION SOFTWARE -GOLDEN SOFTWARE............................................................................ 116<br />

VISUALIZATION AND ARCHIVING SOFTWARE - ESRI......................................................................... 116<br />

VISUALIZATION SOFTWARE – OTHER................................................................................................. 116<br />

MULTI-DEPTH EC PROCESSING AND VISUALIZATION - AARHUS UNIVERSITY HYDROGEOPHYSICS<br />

GROUP ............................................................................................................................................... 116<br />

MULTI-DEPTH EC GEOELECTRIC PROCESSING - AGI......................................................................... 116<br />

MULTI-DEPTH GEOELECTRIC EC PROCESSING -LOKE....................................................................... 116<br />

MULTI-DEPTH EC PROCESSING -INTERPEX....................................................................................... 116<br />

MULTI-DEPTH EC PROCESSING AND VISUALIZATION –EMIGMA V7.5.............................................. 117<br />

3D IMAGING OF EC DATA -GROUNDWATER IMAGING...................................................................... 117<br />

11. CASE STUDIES 1 & 2 - APPLICATION OF GEOPHYSICAL METHODS TO IMPROVE<br />

KNOWLEDGE OF GROUNDWATER FLOW AND LEAKAGE FROM WATER SUPPLY<br />

INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE ORD AND BURDEKIN IRRIGATION AREAS........................ 119<br />

OVERVIEW......................................................................................................................................... 119<br />

CASE STUDY 1–THE ORD IRRIGATION AREA.................................................................................... 119<br />

Context ......................................................................................................................................... 119<br />

Study results ................................................................................................................................. 121<br />

CASE STUDY 2– THE LOWER BURDEKIN........................................................................................... 125<br />

Context ......................................................................................................................................... 125<br />

Surface geomorphology ............................................................................................................... 126<br />

The Burdekin as a fan delta complex - hydrogeological implications ........................................ 127<br />

Geophysical surveys..................................................................................................................... 128<br />

CONCLUSIONS.................................................................................................................................... 131<br />

12. CASE STUDY 3 – SEEPAGE PATHWAY IMAGING ............................................................ 132<br />

THE NATURE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF CANAL SEEPAGE ....................................................................... 132<br />

PERCOLATION PATHWAY GEOPHYSICAL IMAGING............................................................................. 132<br />

IDENTIFYING ACTIVE AND DORMANT SEEPAGE PATHWAYS............................................................... 133<br />

METHODOLOGY................................................................................................................................. 133<br />

Specialized Geoelectric Array Design......................................................................................... 133<br />

Towing devices............................................................................................................................. 134<br />

Geoelectric transceiver specifications......................................................................................... 134<br />

Canal depth measurement............................................................................................................ 135<br />

Survey track logging .................................................................................................................... 135<br />

SPOTs........................................................................................................................................... 135<br />

RESULTS ............................................................................................................................................ 137<br />

CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................................... 140<br />

GEOPHYSICS FOR THE IRRIGATION INDUSTRY<br />

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