Clay fine fissuring monitoring using miniature geo-electrical resistivity arrays

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 205-214

  Sentenac, P ^a   Zielinski, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clay cracking; Desiccation; Embankments; Resistivity

Indexed keywords

CLAY MODEL; CRACKING PATTERNS; DESICCATION; DIRECT OBSERVATION; DRYING PROCESS; ELECTRICAL IMAGING; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FLOOD EMBANKMENTS; FUNCTION OF TIME; RESISTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VERTICAL CRACK;

CANALS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EMBANKMENTS; GELS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; TOMOGRAPHY;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CLAY; DESICCATION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EMBANKMENT; FISSURE; FLOODING; IMAGING METHOD; MICROCRACK; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77955142255     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0017-5     Document Type: Article

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