Using integrated near-surface geophysical surveys to aid mapping and interpretation of geology in an alluvial landscape within a 3D soil-geology framework

Near Surface Geophysics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-31

  Tye, A M ^a   Kessler, H ^a   Ambrose, K ^a   Williams, J D O ^a   Tragheim, D ^a   Scheib, A ^a   Raines, M ^a   Kuras, O ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIFF; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FLOODPLAIN; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LIDAR; OUTCROP; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER TERRACE; SAND AND GRAVEL; SILTSTONE; SOFTWARE; THEMATIC MAPPING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ENGLAND; NOTTINGHAMSHIRE; TRENT VALLEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79951820541     PISSN: 15694445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2010038     Document Type: Article

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