Electrical resistivity of subsurface: Field and laboratory assessment

• Main Author: Zulfadhli Hasan Adli, Mohd Hafiz Musa, Mohd Noh, Khairul Arifin, .
• Format: Article
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: QE Geology
• Online Access: http://www.waset.org/publications/5753; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/12218/

The objective of this paper is to study the electrical resistivity complexity between field and laboratory measurement, in order to improve the effectiveness of data interpretation for geophysical ground resistivity survey. The geological outcrop in Penang, Malaysia with an obvious layering contact was chosen as the study site. Two dimensional geoelectrical resistivity imaging were used in this study to maps the resistivity distribution of subsurface, whereas few subsurface sample were obtained for laboratory advance. In this study, resistivity of samples in original conditions is measured in laboratory by using time domain low-voltage technique, particularly for granite core sample and soil resistivity measuring set for soil sample. The experimentation results from both schemes are studied, analyzed, calibrated and verified, including basis and correlation, degree of tolerance and characteristics of substance. Consequently, the significant different between both schemes is explained comprehensively within this paper