Improvement to resistivity pseudosection modelling by removal of near-surface inhomogeneity effects: Application to a soil system in south Cameroon

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 85-101

  Ritz, Michel ^a   Robain, Henri ^b   Pervago, Evgeni ^c   Albouy, Yves ^b   Camerlynck, Christian ^d   Descloitres, Marc ^b   Mariko, Adama ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e Ecole Nationale d Ingénieurs Abderhamane Baba Touré ENI ABT   (Mali)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; GROUNDWATER; SOILS;

NEAR-SURFACE INHOMOGENEITY (NSI);

ELECTRIC PROSPECTING;

ELECTRICAL METHOD; FILTER; RESISTIVITY; SHALLOW SOIL; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0033103530     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.1999.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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