Use of resistivity measurements to detect urban caves in Mexico City and to assess the related hazard

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 541-547

  Antonio Carpio, R G ^a,b   Perez Flores M A ^a   Camargo Guzman D ^b   Alanis Alcantar A ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b Geocontrol Co   (Mexico)

^c Depto de Reabilitacion de Minas   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; HAZARD; HISTORICAL RECORD; MINING; URBAN AREA;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7744238601     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-4-541-2004     Document Type: Article

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