Electrical characterization of success dam in Porterville, California

Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophyics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, SAGEEP

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 41-60

  Asch, Ted ^a   Burton, Bethany L ^a   Powers, Michael H ^a   Rodriguez, Brian ^a   Bedrosian, Paul ^a   Hunter, Lewis ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b US Army Corps of Engineers   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; GROUNDWATER; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETOTELLURICS; REFRACTION; SEEPAGE; SEISMOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER LEVELS;

BEDROCK SURFACES; DC RESISTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; GEOPHYSICAL INFORMATION; SEISMIC REFRACTION TOMOGRAPHY; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

DAMS;

EID: 84865523642     PISSN: 15548015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4133/1.2924696     Document Type: Conference Paper

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