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Russian Geology and Geophysics

2004 year, number 12

USE OF POTENTIAL VARIATIONS IN ELECTRICAL PROSPECTING OF ANISOTROPIC MEDIA

A.V. Kuzin
Ural Mining Academy, 30 ul. Kuibysheva, Ekaterinburg, 620144, Russia
Keywords: Electrical prospecting, modeling, anisotropic layer, Schlumberger array, Cu pyrite deposits
Pages: 1425-1428

Abstract

The study compares electrical prospecting in anisotropic media by Schlumberger and classical (Lundberg) arrays. Schlumberger symmetric arrays with source electrodes positioned at an angle to a steeply bedded anisotropic layer provides more prominent bending of field lines over conductors than arrays with the bedding-parallel position of electrodes. The reason is in higher effective resistivity of anisotropic layers at field direction across their bedding.