Resistivity and induced polarization surveys for slope instability studies in the Swiss Alps

Engineering Geology

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 18-28

  Marescot, Laurent ^a   Monnet, Régis ^b   Chapellier, Dominique ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Bureau d'Etudes Géologiques BEG SA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Induced polarization; Instability; Pontis; Resistivity; Siviez Mischabel; Slope; Water circulation

Indexed keywords

CLAY; GROUNDWATER; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POLARIZATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

GEOELECTRICAL INVESTIGATION; INDUCED POLARIZATION; WATER CIRCULATION;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

BEDROCK; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; GROUNDWATER; HUMMOCKY CROSS-STRATIFICATION; INDUCED POLARIZATION; SLOPE STABILITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWISS PLATEAU; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 41549098598     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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