Bedrock detection beneath river terrace deposits using three-dimensional electrical resistivity tomography

Geomorphology

Volumn 177-178, Issue , 2012, Pages 17-25

  Chambers, J E ^a   Wilkinson, P B ^a   Wardrop, D ^b   Hameed, A ^c   Hill, I ^c   Jeffrey, C ^c   Loke, M H ^d   Meldrum, P I ^a   Kuras, O ^a   Cave, M ^a   Gunn, D A ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Lafarge Aggregates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOTOMO SOFTWARE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bedrock detection; Electrical resistivity tomography (3D); Image analysis; Mineral exploration; River terrace; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; RIVER TERRACE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ENGLAND; GREAT OUSE RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84868207966     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.03.034     Document Type: Article

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