Electrical resistivity tomography to understand clay behavior during seasonal water content variations

Engineering Geology

Volumn 169, Issue , 2014, Pages 112-123

  Chretien M ^a   Lataste, J F ^b   Fabre, R ^b   Denis, A ^b  

^a GTS (Groupe NGE)   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Clayey soil; Electrical resistivity tomography; Monitoring; Soil heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CLAYEY SOILS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; GEOTECHNICAL CHARACTERIZATION; GEOTECHNICAL PARAMETERS; RESISTIVITY VARIATION; SOIL HETEROGENEITY; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

LITHOLOGY; MONITORING; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

SOIL MOISTURE;

CLAY SOIL; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; HETEROGENEITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84890843015     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2013.11.019     Document Type: Article

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