Abstract:Shallow groundwater detection is one of the key fields of geophysical exploration. Based on geophysical characteristics and working examples, the effects of resistivity tomography, electrical sounding,magnetotelluric method,very low frequency and shallow seismic methods in groundwater detection have been analyzed in this paper, and the advantages and disadvantages of each method in detection have been analyzed. In this paper, the selection of geophysical exploration methods under different conditions has been given in consideration of different factors, such as cost, efficiency, detection depth and topographic conditions. Transient electromagnetic method and shallow seismic method are low cost and high efficiency methods. Electrical sounding and CSAMT methods are low efficiency and high cost. In this paper, different combinations of comprehensive exploration methods are given for different exploration depths. At 100m, shallow optimal tomography, electric sounding, transient electromagnetic method, shallow seismic methods are used, and at 500m, CSAMT method and EH method are used. Transient electromagnetic method (TEM) and CSAMT method (CSAMT) are selected for different geological conditions with poor grounding, and tomographic imaging technology is selected for better grounding.