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Electrical resistivity logging
Recordings made to identify the composition of subterranean materials at different depths in a borehole by measuring their ability to resist the flow of an electric current.
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Schlumberger soundings at the Amargosa Desert Research Site, Nevada [New Window]
Report presenting the data, automatic interpretations, cross sections, and resistivity maps of direct current electrical soundings at the Amargosa Desert Research Site near Beatty, Nevada using a Schlumberger array.
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Short news article describing the use of electrical resistivity tomography to improve imaging of tracer flow in ground water.


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