Embankment dam seepage evaluation from resistivity monitoring data

Near Surface Geophysics

Volumn 7, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 463-474

  Sjodahl P ^a   Dahlin, T ^b   Johansson, S ^a  

^a HydroResearch Sam Johansson AB   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EMBANKMENT DAM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOMOGENEITY; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SEASONALITY; SEEPAGE;

EID: 77951046857     PISSN: 15694445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2009023     Document Type: Article

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