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ON THE PROPERTIES OF THE RECIPROCAL GEOELECTRIC SECTION *
Author(s) -
SEARA J.L.,
CONAWAY J.G.
Publication year - 1980
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.1365-2478.1980.tb01217.x
Subject(s) - electrical resistivity and conductivity , section (typography) , geology , reciprocal , depth sounding , geophysics , interpretation (philosophy) , mineralogy , geometry , physics , mathematics , linguistics , philosophy , computer science , oceanography , quantum mechanics , advertising , business , programming language
A bstract The interpretation of vertical electrical sounding data can be facilitated by the application of the reciprocal geoelectric section. If an apparent resistivity field curve has a descending right end, the apparent resistivity curve of the reciprocal geoelectric section can be obtained by the application of linear filter theory; from this the total transverse resistance of the geoelectric section can be calculated without having to interpret the field curve. In addition, Orellana's auxiliary point method can now be extended to interpret three and four layer apparent resistivity curves of all types. This paper summarizes the properties of the resistivity transform curve, the apparent resistivity curve, and the apparent resistivity curve of the reciprocal geoelectric section, with several new applications.