Reliability of dipole-dipole electrical resistivity tomography for defining depth to bedrock in covered karst terranes

Environmental Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 760-766

  Zhou, W ^a   Beck, B F ^a   Stephenson, J B ^a  

^a PE LaMoreaux & Associates Inc Tuscaloosa   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical resistivity tomography; Karst terranes; Pinnacles and cutters; Sinkholes

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; EROSION; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; LIMESTONE; ROCK DRILLING; SOILS;

BEDROCK; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; KARST TERRANES; SINKHOLES;

ELECTRIC PROSPECTING;

BEDROCK; DEPTH DETERMINATION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; KARST; LAND USE; SINKHOLE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034192843     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050491     Document Type: Article

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