USGS: Science Topics: resistivity

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Resistivity

Electrical resistance of materials, often measured in boreholes.

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A promising tool for subsurface permafrost mapping-An application of airborne geophysics from the Yukon River Basin, Alaska [More info]: Airborne electromagnetic surveying is used to estimate the character of the permafrost by measuring and monitoring the electrical resistivity, which is affected by lithology, temperature, water, and ice.
Enhancement of USGS scientific investigations in Texas by using geophysical techniques, 2005-10 [More info]: Annotated bibliography describing the use of electromagnetic surveying to understand the characteristics of aquifers and how they work.
Schlumberger soundings at the Amargosa Desert Research Site, Nevada [More info]: 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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