Effects of drying on the low-frequency electrical properties of Tournemire argillites

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 164, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2043-2066

  Cosenza, Philippe ^a   Ghorbani, Ahmad ^a   Florsch, Nicolas ^a   Revil, André ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

Argillite; Complex resistivity; Drying; Microcracks; Spectral induced polarization

Indexed keywords

ARGILLITE; DESICCATION; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTHERM; MICROCRACK; MODELING; POLARIZATION; SAMPLING; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 35148878834     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-007-0253-0     Document Type: Article

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