Electrical resistivity methods for borehole siting in hardrock region

Groundwater: Resource Evaluation, Augmentation, Contamination, Restoration, Modeling and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 26-60

  Barker, Ron D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5729-8_2     Document Type: Chapter

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