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Miriam Rios Sánchez Nov/2009 PIRE 0530109 A Remote Sensing Approach to Characterize the Hydrogeology of Mountainous Areas: Application to the Quito Aquifer.

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1 Miriam Rios Sánchez Nov/2009 PIRE 0530109 A Remote Sensing Approach to Characterize the Hydrogeology of Mountainous Areas: Application to the Quito Aquifer System (QAS), Ecuador GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

2 Aquifer Location & Setting South America Ecuador

3 Lineament mapping

4 RESEARCH PLAN A' / Faults / discontinuities A A' Fractures Identified Using Satellite Remote Sensing Fractures Geometry (VLF-EM & Geoelectric Methods) Fracture characterization Geophysics Hydrochemistry, Isotope analysis, Existing data ` Integration into Regional Hydrogeological Model Infiltration Exfiltration

5 Geoelectrical Methods “SUPER-STING”

6 Very Low Frequency-Electromagnetics (VLF-EM) Adapted from the WADI instruction manual, ABEM Instruments, Inc. “WADI” * Between the vertical and the horizontal component 0 30 60 90 -90 - 60 -30 20 40 60 80 100 120 160 Ratio* (%) Distance along a profile (m) In-phase Quadrature

7 PUEMBO PLATEAUS SUPER-STING Lineaments SURVEYS WADI

8 EL MOLINO SUPER-STING Lineaments Spring SURVEYS WADI

9 uravia SUPER-STING Lineaments Spring SURVEYS WADI

10 GUAYLLABAMBA AREA

11 Thermal band analysis

12 Ilalo Volcano Area


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