A comparison study of different image appraisal tools for electrical resistivity tomography

Near Surface Geophysics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 639-657

  Caterina, David ^a   Beaujean, Jean ^a   Robert, Tanguy ^a   Nguyen, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FRACTURE ZONE; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; METHODOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84892742903     PISSN: 15694445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2013022     Document Type: Article

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