Geoelectrical Investigation Along Miri Coast, East Malaysia: Evaluate the Vulnerability of Coastal Aquifer

© Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. The coastal zones are subject to rapid development with growing and conflicting demands on the natural resources, and often they are subject to irreversible degradation. Many coastal aquifers around the world are experiencing some level of salinity en...

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Main Authors: Mohan Viswanathan, Prasanna, Ramdzani, I.A.B.A., Ramasamy, Nagarajan, Chidambaram, S., Venkatramanan, S.
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77614
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author Mohan Viswanathan, Prasanna
Ramdzani, I.A.B.A.
Ramasamy, Nagarajan
Chidambaram, S.
Venkatramanan, S.
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Ramdzani, I.A.B.A.
Ramasamy, Nagarajan
Chidambaram, S.
Venkatramanan, S.
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description © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. The coastal zones are subject to rapid development with growing and conflicting demands on the natural resources, and often they are subject to irreversible degradation. Many coastal aquifers around the world are experiencing some level of salinity encroachment. The most common geophysical method used for the groundwater investigation is Geoelectrical method. In this study, a total of 15 vertical electrical sounding (VES) were carried out using Schlumberger electrode arrangement along Miri coast. The field data was interpreted by using curve matching techniques using IPI2Win software. 53% of the area is dominated by 'Q' type curve indicates decreasing resistivity with depth. The resistivity spatial maps and pseudo cross-sections reveal that the low-resistivity values were observed in the northern side of the study area due to the natural saline water intrusion in the deeper aquifer and anthropogenic influence in the shallow aquifer.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-776142020-11-10T00:30:49Z Geoelectrical Investigation Along Miri Coast, East Malaysia: Evaluate the Vulnerability of Coastal Aquifer Mohan Viswanathan, Prasanna Ramdzani, I.A.B.A. Ramasamy, Nagarajan Chidambaram, S. Venkatramanan, S. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. The coastal zones are subject to rapid development with growing and conflicting demands on the natural resources, and often they are subject to irreversible degradation. Many coastal aquifers around the world are experiencing some level of salinity encroachment. The most common geophysical method used for the groundwater investigation is Geoelectrical method. In this study, a total of 15 vertical electrical sounding (VES) were carried out using Schlumberger electrode arrangement along Miri coast. The field data was interpreted by using curve matching techniques using IPI2Win software. 53% of the area is dominated by 'Q' type curve indicates decreasing resistivity with depth. The resistivity spatial maps and pseudo cross-sections reveal that the low-resistivity values were observed in the northern side of the study area due to the natural saline water intrusion in the deeper aquifer and anthropogenic influence in the shallow aquifer. 2019 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77614 10.1088/1757-899X/495/1/012042 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ fulltext
spellingShingle Mohan Viswanathan, Prasanna
Ramdzani, I.A.B.A.
Ramasamy, Nagarajan
Chidambaram, S.
Venkatramanan, S.
Geoelectrical Investigation Along Miri Coast, East Malaysia: Evaluate the Vulnerability of Coastal Aquifer
title Geoelectrical Investigation Along Miri Coast, East Malaysia: Evaluate the Vulnerability of Coastal Aquifer
title_full Geoelectrical Investigation Along Miri Coast, East Malaysia: Evaluate the Vulnerability of Coastal Aquifer
title_fullStr Geoelectrical Investigation Along Miri Coast, East Malaysia: Evaluate the Vulnerability of Coastal Aquifer
title_full_unstemmed Geoelectrical Investigation Along Miri Coast, East Malaysia: Evaluate the Vulnerability of Coastal Aquifer
title_short Geoelectrical Investigation Along Miri Coast, East Malaysia: Evaluate the Vulnerability of Coastal Aquifer
title_sort geoelectrical investigation along miri coast, east malaysia: evaluate the vulnerability of coastal aquifer
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77614