Determination of the 3D structure of an earthflow by geophysical methods. The case of Super Sauze, in the French southern Alps

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 500-507

  Schmutz, Myriam ^a   Guérin, Roger ^b   Andrieux, Pierre ^b   Maquaire, Olivier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Black marls; Earthflow; Electrical resistivity tomography; Joint inversion; Low Induction Number Frequency Domain Electromagnetic Mapping (FDEM); Time Domain Electromagnetic Sounding (TDEM)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FERTILIZERS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; GEOPHYSICS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BLACK MARLS; EARTHFLOW; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; JOINT INVERSION; TIME DOMAIN ELECTROMAGNETICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MARL; MASS MOVEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 67949089544     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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