Mapping of quick clay by electrical resistivity tomography under structural constraint

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 98, Issue , 2013, Pages 280-287

  Bazin, S ^a   Pfaffhuber, A A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Case histories; Constrained inversion; ERT; Quick clay; RCPT

Indexed keywords

CASE HISTORY; CONSTRAINED INVERSIONS; ERT; QUICK CLAY; RCPT;

GEOPHYSICS;

CLAY DEPOSITS;

BEDROCK; CLAY; DATA INVERSION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INTERFACE; INTERPOLATION; TOMOGRAPHY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

NORWAY;

EID: 84885033857     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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