Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) Applied to Karst Carbonate Aquifers Case Study from Amdoun, Northwestern Tunisia 应用于岩溶碳酸盐含水层的电阻断层摄影：以阿姆杜恩为例，突尼斯西北部.pdf

Pure Appl. Geophys. 2015 Springer Basel DOI 10.1007/s00024-015-1173-z Pure and Applied Geophysics Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) Applied to Karst Carbonate Aquifers: Case Study from Amdoun, Northwestern Tunisia 1 2 1 1,3 ´ 1 BELGACEM REDHAOUNIA, BATOBO OUNTSCHE ILONDO, HAKIM GABTNI, KHOMSI SAMI, and MOURAD BEDIR Abstract—The Amdoun region is characterized by a high Key words: Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT), Karst, degree of karstification due to the climate impact Cavities, Perched aquifer, Amdoun (NW Tunisia). (±1500 mm year-1) and the development of fracture network. Survey using electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) is deployed to provide a cost-effective characterization of the subsurface karst environments. A total of seven ERT profiles with lengths of 315 m ´ were evaluated at the Beja governorate (NW Tunisia). The area 1. Introduction represents a small syncline of Boudabbous limestone rocks (Lower Eocene), which is covered by a thin layer of clay. In this study, an ERT survey was conducted to examine the spatial distribution and Karst aquifers are known to be highly heteroge- shape of underground cavities in the karst area in Jebel Sabah neous, formed by a complex conduit system that is ¨ anticline and Aın Sallem-Zahret Medien syncline. In this study, generally impossible to locate. Moreover, the geological, hydro-geological and electrical resistivity tomogr