Application of 2D and 3D geoelectrical resistivity imaging for engineering site investigation in a crystalline basement terrain, southwestern Nigeria

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1481-1492

  Aizebeokhai, Ahzegbobor Philips ^a   Olayinka, A I ^b   Singh, V S ^c  

^a Covenant University ^*  (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

2D and 3D inversion; Engineering investigations; Geoelectrical; Imaging; Orthogonal profiles; Resistivity

Indexed keywords

3D INVERSION; ENGINEERING INVESTIGATIONS; GEOELECTRICAL; IMAGING; ORTHOGONAL PROFILES; RESISTIVITY;

GROUNDWATER; IMAGE PROCESSING; WEATHERING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BASEMENT ROCK; CRYSTALLINITY; DATA SET; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; TERRAIN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WEATHERING;

NIGERIA;

EID: 77957292922     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0464-z     Document Type: Article

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