Wenner Soundings for Apparent Resistivity Measurements at Small Depths Using a Set of Unequal Bare Electrodes: Selected Case Studies
The possibility of using a set of unequal electrodes, within limits, in a Wenner arrangement for the measurement of apparent resistivity at small depths is explored in this paper. A procedure in which only a simple preliminary calibration is necessary to obtain the best measurements of the apparent...
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| description | The possibility of using a set of unequal electrodes, within limits, in a Wenner arrangement for the measurement of apparent resistivity at small depths is explored in this paper. A procedure in which only a simple preliminary calibration is necessary to obtain the best measurements of the apparent resistivity is proposed. On the basis of some case studies, a comparison with the usual procedures to obtain the apparent resistivity from resistance measurements is carried out. The results showed that when an unequal set of electrodes was used, the procedure proposed here was the only one that guaranteed the best apparent resistivity values for any value of electrode separation in the Wenner arrangement, especially for those associated with small depths. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7805290218ce4c9e9ca41c9656e556472022-12-22T01:58:03ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732019-02-0112469510.3390/en12040695en12040695Wenner Soundings for Apparent Resistivity Measurements at Small Depths Using a Set of Unequal Bare Electrodes: Selected Case StudiesEduardo Faleiro0Gabriel Asensio1Gregorio Denche2Daniel Garcia3Jorge Moreno4Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica Electrónica, Automática y Física Aplicada, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería y Diseño Industrial, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28012 Madrid, SpainDepartamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica Electrónica, Automática y Física Aplicada, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería y Diseño Industrial, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28012 Madrid, SpainDepartamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica Electrónica, Automática y Física Aplicada, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería y Diseño Industrial, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28012 Madrid, SpainDepartamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica Electrónica, Automática y Física Aplicada, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería y Diseño Industrial, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28012 Madrid, SpainDepartamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica Electrónica, Automática y Física Aplicada, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería y Diseño Industrial, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28012 Madrid, SpainThe possibility of using a set of unequal electrodes, within limits, in a Wenner arrangement for the measurement of apparent resistivity at small depths is explored in this paper. A procedure in which only a simple preliminary calibration is necessary to obtain the best measurements of the apparent resistivity is proposed. On the basis of some case studies, a comparison with the usual procedures to obtain the apparent resistivity from resistance measurements is carried out. The results showed that when an unequal set of electrodes was used, the procedure proposed here was the only one that guaranteed the best apparent resistivity values for any value of electrode separation in the Wenner arrangement, especially for those associated with small depths.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/4/695vertical electrical soundinggrounding resistancemultilayer soil modelapparent resistivity measurements |
| spellingShingle | Eduardo Faleiro Gabriel Asensio Gregorio Denche Daniel Garcia Jorge Moreno Wenner Soundings for Apparent Resistivity Measurements at Small Depths Using a Set of Unequal Bare Electrodes: Selected Case Studies Energies vertical electrical sounding grounding resistance multilayer soil model apparent resistivity measurements |
| title | Wenner Soundings for Apparent Resistivity Measurements at Small Depths Using a Set of Unequal Bare Electrodes: Selected Case Studies |
| title_full | Wenner Soundings for Apparent Resistivity Measurements at Small Depths Using a Set of Unequal Bare Electrodes: Selected Case Studies |
| title_fullStr | Wenner Soundings for Apparent Resistivity Measurements at Small Depths Using a Set of Unequal Bare Electrodes: Selected Case Studies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wenner Soundings for Apparent Resistivity Measurements at Small Depths Using a Set of Unequal Bare Electrodes: Selected Case Studies |
| title_short | Wenner Soundings for Apparent Resistivity Measurements at Small Depths Using a Set of Unequal Bare Electrodes: Selected Case Studies |
| title_sort | wenner soundings for apparent resistivity measurements at small depths using a set of unequal bare electrodes selected case studies |
| topic | vertical electrical sounding grounding resistance multilayer soil model apparent resistivity measurements |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/4/695 |
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