摘要

The present study is an attempt to upgrade the previously used semi-analytical inverse slope method. The upgrade method was applied to the interpretation of VES's measured with different electrode arrays in two and three layers laboratory tank model. Then the method was applied on VES's measured at different sites of different geologic conditions. The study showed that the inverse slope method is a quick method for obtaining depths to interfaces. The method can be implemented on a hand-held calculator or more efficiently on a small microcomputer where the data can be processed at a faster rate than that of conventional data acquisition systems. This allows the method to be potent tools for infield data analysis and more cost effective to assess the success of a sounding on-the-spot and modify the experimental set-up as appropriate. The comparison between the results obtained from this method and the traditional digital computerized methods indicated that the geoelectrical models derived from inverse slope method have a good correlation with the actual model. Also, when applying the method on VES's measured by using Schlumberger and Wenner arrays at areas of different geologic setting, gave results in comfortable with the actual lithology obtained from the lithologic data of the neighboring wells. The results obtained from the lab experiment and field survey indicated that the inverse slope method has the potential to be applied on VES data collected with any electrode array, the advantage that is not available with all the traditional interpretation methods available nowadays.

  • 出版日期2014-10

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