River terrace sand and gravel deposit reserve estimation using three-dimensional electrical resistivity tomography for bedrock surface detection

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-32

  Chambers, J E ^a   Wilkinson, P B ^a   Penn, S ^b   Meldrum, P I ^a   Kuras, O ^a   Loke, M H ^c   Gunn, D A ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOTOMO SOFTWARE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT); Interface detection; Mineral exploration; Mineral resources; Sand and gravel

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; GRADIENT-BASED METHOD; INTERFACE DETECTION; OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT; SAND AND GRAVELS; SMOOTHNESS CONSTRAINTS; VERTICAL RESISTIVITY;

AGGREGATES; DEPOSITS; EDGE DETECTION; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

DETECTORS;

AGGREGATE; BEDROCK; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; GRAVEL; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERAL RESOURCE; RIVER TERRACE; SAND; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84876308934     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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