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A SUCCESSIVE LINEAR ESTIMATOR FOR ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY

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Applied Hydrogeophysics

Part of the book series: NATO Science Series ((NAIV,volume 71))

Abstract

A dc resistivity survey is an inexpensive and widely used technique for investigation of near surface resistivity anomalies. It recently has become popular for the investigation of subsurface pollution problems (NRC, 2000). In principle, it measures the electric potential field generated by a transmission of dc electric current between electrodes implanted at the ground surface. Then, an apparent (bulk or effective) electrical resistivity for a particular set of measurement electrodes is calculated using formulas that assume homogeneous earth. Many pairs of current transmission and electric potential measurements are used to “map” subsurface electrical resistivity anomalies.

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  1. Tian-Chyi J. Yeh
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  1. Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH, Germany

    Harry Vereecken

  2. Lancaster University, UK

    Andrew Binley

  3. Università di Milano Bicocca, Italy

    Giorgio Cassiani

  4. Université Aix-Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, France

    Andre Revil

  5. State University of St. Petersburg, Russia

    Konstantin Titov

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Yeh, TC.J., Zhu, J., Englert, A., Guzman, A., Flaherty, S. (2006). A SUCCESSIVE LINEAR ESTIMATOR FOR ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY. In: Vereecken, H., Binley, A., Cassiani, G., Revil, A., Titov, K. (eds) Applied Hydrogeophysics. NATO Science Series, vol 71. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4912-5_3

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