Electrical resistivity tomography to investigate geological structures of the earth's upper crust

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 455-471

  Storz, H ^a   Storz, W ^b   Jacobs, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b HGN Hydrogeologie GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GRAPHITE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

DC DIPOLE-DIPOLE SOUNDINGS; EARTH UPPER CRUST; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTIC FLUIDS; FAULT ZONES; GERMAN CONTINENTAL DEEP DRILLING PROJECT; SCALAR ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROLYTE; FAULT ZONE; GRAPHITE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER CRUST;

GERMANY;

EID: 0034124946     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.2000.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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