Borehole Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for Environmental Site Management

Borehole nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is an emerging geophysical method being applied to hydrogeology investigations. NMR is a quantitative geophysical method that can be used to make in situ assessments of porosity, water content, mobile and immobile water fraction, and estimates of permeability. While borehole NMR is commonly used in the oil and gas industry, it is only recently that NMR tools have been designed for use in small-diameter boreholes that are typically used in groundwater studies. This video presents an overview of borehole NMR and example applications for environmental site management.
doi.org/10.5066/F73J3BW0
Development of this video was supported by the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (Project #ER-201567-T2) and the U.S. Geological Survey.
Written and Produced by
C.B. Dawson, F.D. Day-Lewis, C.D. Johnson, and J.W. Lane, Jr., U.S. Geological Survey Office of Groundwater, Branch of Geophysics
J.L. Robinson and L.D. Slater, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University Newark
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U.S. Geological Survey
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University Newark
Medical MRI image courtesy of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
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