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You can’t talk about Electrical Resistivity Imaging (ERI) surveys without eventually talking about depth. Aside from resolution, depth of investigation is one of the first talking points our customers want to discuss when considering ERI surveys.  

What is depth dependent on in ERI?

First of all, depth of investigation will depend on the largest array span you use during your survey. Array span shouldn’t be confused with survey line length. It’s a common misconception that longer survey lines=more depth or that roll-along=more...

Electrical Resistivity Imaging (ERI) is a fantastic geophysical method for subsurface exploration and delineation (it certainly is our favorite!). In this article, we want to focus more on the “geo” part of geophysics and take a look at some resistivity values for common materials.

You see, ERI works best when you have a good knowledge of the geology of your survey area. In fact, when we’re helping new customers design their survey, or helping someone in the field—the geology of the area is one of our first questions.

In the field, you’ll often find out that Mother Nature isn’t concerned with your project timelines. But whether there’s rain or shine, you’re expected to meet your deadlines. As such, we often get questions from our customers on what kind of weather is reasonable to work in. So in this post, we’ll be listing the weather conditions that pose no problems, conditions that will slow you down, and conditions that will halt your survey completely.  

We’ll be discussing how weather affects your survey in general. If you want to learn more about how our...

This "Ask Me Anything" webinar was hosted by Jason Greenwood on 2.20.2019. Jason is the Senior Geophysicist and Manager of our Austin office. 

There were several topics covered—all of which were generated by questions from the audience. You can link to each question using the chapters function in the video below. Want to take part in our next webinar? Sign up for webinar alerts from us so that you get an email the next time we host one for your country/time zone.