Use of engineering geophysics to investigate a site for a building foundation

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 94-103

  Soupios, P M ^a,e   Georgakopoulos, P ^a   Papadopoulos, N ^b,c   Saltas, V ^a   Andreadakis, A ^d   Vallianatos, F ^a   Sarris, A ^b   Makris, J P ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d DIAS Construction Company SA   (Greece)

^e Pantelis Soupios   (Greece)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic survey; Engineering geophysics; Geoelectrical tomography; Geotechnical engineering

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; BUILDING; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CIVIL ENGINEERING; DATA INVERSION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; FOUNDATION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33947684900     PISSN: 17422132     EISSN: 17422140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-2132/4/1/011     Document Type: Article

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