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THE CONCEPT OF APPARENT RESISTIVITY IN LATEROLOG 7 *
Author(s) -
ROY A.
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.tb01199.x
Subject(s) - electrical resistivity and conductivity , signal (programming language) , group (periodic table) , geology , gemology , mineralogy , mathematics , geophysics , physics , engineering geology , paleontology , computer science , quantum mechanics , volcanism , tectonics , programming language
A bstract It appears that Doll (1951) and N. N. (1958, 1969, 1972) on the one hand, and Roy (1975) and Roy and Apparao (1976) on the other, used different formulas for computing the apparent resistivity for the Laterolog 7 sonde. This would partly explain the contra‐dictory nature of LL7 results from these two groups of workers. The first group use a formula that relates the measured potential to a system of currents that are largely fictitious and non‐existent in the ground at the time of measurement. The second group, on the other hand, employ a formula that combines the observed signal with the currents that actually exist in the ground and produce that signal. We believe that the second procedure is the right one.