Title
Resistivity and Georadar survey on the Nazca lines
Date Issued
01 January 2012
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Publisher(s)
European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE
Abstract
The investigation of shallow structures beneath the Nazca lines aims at a better understanding of the alteration and weathering processes of the desert soils. Suitable geophysical, mineralogical, geochemical, and geotechnical methods should be identified. Our paper reports the application of a combined resistivity and georadar survey at a single test site. The resulting images of the two methods indicate similar structures. Georadar enables a fast and continuous data acquisition but is restricted in its depth of penetration in dependence of the nominal frequency. The slower resistivity imaging reveals structural features up to a depth of 3.5 m.
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Arqueología Geoquímica, Geofísica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85085401570
Source
Near Surface Geoscience 2012
Conference
18th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics of the Near Surface Geoscience Division of EAGE, Near Surface Geoscience 2012
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