Potential of electrical resistivity tomography to detect fault zones in limestone and argillaceous formations in the experimental platform of Tournemire, France

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 167, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1405-1418

  Gelis C ^a   Revil, A ^b,c   Cushing, M E ^a   Jougnot, D ^b,c   Lemeille, F ^a   Cabrera, J ^a   de Hoyos, A ^a   Rocher, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

Author keywords

Clay rock; Electrical resistivity tomography; Fault

Indexed keywords

3D SEISMIC; ARGILLACEOUS FORMATIONS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL PLATFORM; FAULT; FAULT ZONE; FRENCH INSTITUTE; GROUND SURFACES; HIGH RESOLUTION; LIMESTONE FORMATION; NUCLEAR SAFETY; RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION; ROCK FORMATIONS; SEISMIC REFLECTION SURVEY; SUPERFICIAL LAYERS;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; LIMESTONE; RADIOLOGY; ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ARGILLACEOUS DEPOSIT; BOREHOLE LOGGING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAULT ZONE; LIMESTONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY; TUNNEL;

AVEYRON; FRANCE; MIDI-PYRENEES; TOURNEMIRE;

EID: 84860389230     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0097-x     Document Type: Article

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