Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Resist I Vity
Resist I Vity
George Lightwood
Scott Craig
Danny Lazzareschi
Overview
Location
Purpose
Methods
Results
Interpretations
Conclusions
Location
Dry canal bank west of Fallon, NV
Local mapped units are Badlands soil
Purpose
Use electrical methods to look for locations of
effective
Asch, T. H., M. Deszcx-Pan, B.L. Burton, and L.B. Ball, 2008, Geophysical Characterization of the American River Le
Sacramento, California, using Electromagnetics, Capacitively Coupled Resistivity, and DC Resistivity, O
Report 2008-1109, U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.
Panthulu, T.V., C. Krishnaiah, J.M. Shirke, 2001, Detection of seepage paths in earth dams using self-potential and
resistivity methods in Engineering Geology 59, pp 281-295.
Methods:
MiniRes
Wenner Array
A-spacings of 1, 1.47, 2.15,
3.16, 4.64, 6.81 and 10 meters
a=2aV/I
Thanks to L and R Instruments
Survey
Soundings 1-9 in
Methods: VLF
Very Low Frequency(15-
25Hz)
Geonics EM16R
Distant high power sources
Finds EM coupling with
conductors in the earth
Anomalies perpendicular
to direction toward source
Source in Jim Creek, WA
Measurements made at
locations of first 9 MiniRes
Results: Resistivity
Soundings
Interpretation: Resistivity
Sounding
Resix to calculate
resistivitites of
layers
Resist to graph
Typical sounding
at Station 8
Interpretation: Resistivity
Sounding
Sounding 10 on Playa
bank
Opposite layering
Interpretation: Resistivity
Cross Section
Results:VLF
Apparent resistivity from 8 to 11 Ohm-m
Phase angles from 34 to 38 degrees
Tried to construct a 2-layer model from the data
Resistivity of the top layer was assumed to be on
Podder, M. and B.S. Rathor, 1983, VLF Survey of the Weathered Layer in Southern India, Geophysical Prospecting, vo
Conclusions
Canal Bank consists of 3 layers- high resistivity
Thanks
Questions?