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http://dx.doi.org/10.9719/EEG.2013.46.3.215

Relationship between Hydraulic Conductivity and Electrical Resistivity of Standard Sand and Glass Bead  

Kim, Soodong (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University)
Park, Samgyu (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Hamm, Se-Yeong (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.46, no.3, 2013 , pp. 215-220 More about this Journal
Abstract
We estimated the hydraulic conductivity of the sediments using constant-head permeability tests and electrical resistivity measurements with Jumoonjin standard sand of a uniform size and glass beads of different grain sizes. In this study, we determined the variations of the porosity, the hydraulic conductivity, and the resistivity in case 1 (changing the packing of the Jumoonjin standard sand) and in case 2 (varying the size of the glass beads). The results of case 1 showed that the hydraulic conductivity decreased with an increase in the electrical resistivity. This occurred because the sand grain while packing became rhombohedral with the a decrease of both the pore size and porosity. The results of the case 2 showed that the hydraulic conductivity increased due to the increase in the pore size as caused by the increased glass bead size. In addition, the porosity decreased and the electrical resistivity increased. Therefore, the relationship between the hydraulic conductivity and the electrical resistivity is negatively proportional as regards the grain packing with a change from cubic to rhombohedral whereas this relationship is positively proportional to the increase in the grain size.
Keywords
hydraulic conductivity; electrical resistivity; Jumoonjin standard sand; glass bead; constant head permeability test;
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