Estimating the yield of crushable stone in an alluvial fan deposit by electrical resistivity methods near Stuarts Draft, Virginia

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-40

  Nowroozi, Ali A ^a   Whittecar, G Richard ^a   Daniel, Joel C ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial deposit yield; Resistivity method; Stuarts draft; Virginia

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROSITY; QUARRIES; WEATHERING;

ALLUVIAL FAN DEPOSIT; STUARTS DRAFT; VIRGINIA;

ELECTRIC PROSPECTING;

AGGREGATE; ALLUVIAL FAN; ALLUVIUM; CRUSHABLE STONE; MINERAL RESOURCES; QUARRY; RESISTIVITY; YIELD;

USA, VIRGINIA, STUARTS DRAFT;

EID: 0032213999     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9851(97)00014-1     Document Type: Article

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