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EFFECT OF VERTICAL CONTACT ON WENNER RESISTIVITY SOUNDINGS *
Author(s) -
KUMAR RAKESH,
CHOWDARY M. V. RAMANAIAH
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
geophysical prospecting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.735
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1365-2478
pISSN - 0016-8025
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2478.1977.tb01182.x
Subject(s) - vertical electrical sounding , depth sounding , geology , electrical resistivity and conductivity , mineralogy , allowance (engineering) , hydrogeology , homogeneous , geophysics , geomorphology , soil science , geotechnical engineering , aquifer , thermodynamics , groundwater , engineering , physics , mechanical engineering , oceanography , electrical engineering
A bstract The allowance for the influence of a vertical contact is evaluated on Wenner resistivity sounding curves, which are graphically constructed on bilogarithmic paper over simple composite earth models consisting of a vertical contact separating two‐ or three layered earth on one side and a homogeneous medium on the other side. The error incurred in the graphical constructions is explored. Finally, the use of these graphically constructed sounding curves is shown in the interpretation of two Wenner field soundings measured in a complex geologic area.