Three-dimensional resistivity tomography in extreme coastal terrain amidst dense cultural signals: Application to cliff stability assessment at the historic D-Day site

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 201-220

  Udphuay, Suwimon ^a   Günther, Thomas ^b   Everett, Mark E ^a   Warden, Robert R ^a   Briaud, Jean Louis ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geomechanics; Hydrogeophysics; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CLIFF COLLAPSE; CLIFF STABILITY; COASTAL TERRAIN; COMMAND POSTS; DATA SETS; ENGLISH CHANNEL; FILLED FRACTURE; GEOMECHANICS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HIGH RESISTIVITY; HYDROGEOPHYSICS; LOW RESISTIVITY; MASS MOVEMENT; OBSERVATION POST; RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; SOIL WEDGE; STABILITY ASSESSMENT; WAVE ATTACK; WORLD WAR II;

CAVES; FRACTURE; MILITARY OPERATIONS; RATING; RUDDERS; SYSTEM STABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

TOMOGRAPHY;

DATA SET; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MASS MOVEMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY;

FRANCE; NORMANDY;

EID: 79952681093     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04915.x     Document Type: Article

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