High resolution 2D electrical resistivity tomography to characterize active Naitwar Bazar landslide, Garhwal Himalaya, India

Current Science

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 871-875

  Mondal, Suman K ^a   Sastry, Rambhatla G ^a   Pachauri, Ashok K ^a   Gautam, Param K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Landslide; Resistivity imaging; Slip zones; Tomography profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649128056     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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