Choice of the best model in 2-D geoelectrical imaging: Case study from a waste dump site

European Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-244

  Olayinka, Abel I ^a   Yaramanci, Ugur ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystalline basement; Imaging; Nigeria; Resistivity inversion; Waste dump; Wenner array

Indexed keywords

DEPTH DETERMINATION; ELECTRICAL METHOD; IMAGING METHOD; LANDFILL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0032823215     PISSN: 13598155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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