Which geoelectric array sees the deepest in a noisy environment? Depth of detectability values of multielectrode systems for various two-dimensional models

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1398-1404

  Szalai, Sándor ^a   Novák, Attila ^a   Szarka, László ^a  

^a GEODETIC AND GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Depth of detectability; Depth of detection; Depth of investigation; Geoelectric array; Multielectrode systems; Noise

Indexed keywords

DEPTH OF INVESTIGATION; DETECTABILITY; GEOELECTRIC ARRAYS; MULTI-ELECTRODE; NOISE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

DETECTION METHOD; ELECTRODE; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; GEOPHYSICAL ARRAY; NOISE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URBAN AREA;

EID: 79960261256     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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