Effective electrode array in mapping karst hazards in electrical resistivity tomography

Environmental Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 922-928

  Zhou, Wanfang ^a   Beck, Barry F ^a   Adams, Angela L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Electrical resistivity tomography; Electrode arrays; Karst; Sinkholes

Indexed keywords

BORING; CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

KARST HAZARDS; NUMERICAL FORWARD MODELING;

TOMOGRAPHY;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; KARST; SINKHOLE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036869995     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-002-0594-z     Document Type: Article

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