Optimization of array configurations and panel combinations for the detection and imaging of abandoned mineshafts using 3D cross-hole electrical resistivity tomography

Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-221

  Wilkinson, Paul B ^a   Chambers, Jonathan E ^a   Meldrum, Philip I ^a   Ogilvy, Richard D ^a   Caunt, Simon ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b THE COAL AUTHORITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE LININGS; MINESHAFTS; RESOLUTION MATRIX;

ALGORITHMS; BOREHOLES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

TOMOGRAPHY;

ABANDONED MINE; ALGORITHM; IMAGING METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750149967     PISSN: 10831363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/JEEG11.3.213     Document Type: Article

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