Permeability imaging in granitic rocks based on surface resistivity profiling

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-61

  Sudo, Hiroshi ^a   Tanaka, Toshikazu ^a   Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi ^b   Kondo, Tatsutoshi ^c   Takahashi, Toru ^d   Miyamoto, Masaharu ^e   Amagai, Mitsuru ^e  

^a OYO Corporation   (Japan)

^b OYO Corporation   (Japan)

^c Geo Holon Partners   (Japan)

^d OYO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e Ibaraki Prefectural Government   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granitic rock; Permeability; Resistivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249085503     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG04056     Document Type: Article

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