Comparison of an optimized resistivity array with dipole-dipole soundings in karst terrain

Geophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Nyquist, Jonathan E ^a   Peake, John S ^b   Roth, Mary J S ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARM Geophysics   (United States)

^c LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geophysical techniques; Geophysics computing; Terrestrial electricity; Topography (Earth)

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); OPTIMIZATION; ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

DIPOLE-DIPOLE SOUNDINGS; GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUE; GEOPHYSICS COMPUTING; KARST TERRAIN; OPTIMAL ARRAY; TERRESTRIAL ELECTRICITY;

GEOPHYSICS;

BEDROCK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INVERSION; ELECTRICAL METHOD; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; KARST; TERRAIN;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447321814     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2732994     Document Type: Article

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