Reassessment of DC resistivity in rock glaciers by comparing with P-wave velocity: A case study in the Swiss Alps

Applied Geophysics in Periglacial Environments

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 137-152

  Ikeda, Atsushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC PROSPECTING; GEOPHYSICS; LITHOLOGY; ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; GEOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MOUNTAIN PERMAFROSTS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; THERMAL CONDITION; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D); VERTICAL ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY SOUNDINGS;

PERMAFROST;

EID: 79958798768     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511535628.010     Document Type: Chapter

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