Geoelectrical Investigations in the Cheb Basin/W-Bohemia: An Approach to Evaluate the Near-Surface Conductivity Structure

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 443-463

  Flechsig, Christina ^a   Fabig, Tobias ^a   Rücker, Carsten ^a   Schütze, Claudia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

active faults; DC geoelectrics; Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT); resistivity distribution; upper crust; Western Bohemia

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FAULT ZONE; GEODYNAMICS; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; MANTLE SOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER CRUST; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING;

BOHEMIA; CHEB BASIN; CZECH REPUBLIC; KARLOVARSKY;

EID: 77957153541     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11200-010-0026-6     Document Type: Article

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