The electrical image method compared with resistivity sounding and electromagnetic profiling for investigation in areas of complex geology: A case study from groundwater investigation in a weathered crystalline rock environment

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 119-128

  Acworth, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constant separation traverse; Electrical image; Electromagnetic profiling; Groundwater investigation; Vertical electrical sounding

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009385529     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG01119     Document Type: Article

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