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Geotechnical Investigation along TX State Highway 47 Objective: Roadway Geotechnical Survey for clay moisture content mapping Survey date: July, 2007 Survey site: College Station, TX, USA Instrument: SuperSting R8/IP with 112 electrodes at 2m spacing Electrode array: Dipole-dipole Processing: Inversion of data using EarthImager 2D inversion software Units: Meter and Ohmmeter Info Brazil: Tel.: 21 2556-1295 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.alphageofisica.com.br SuperStin by g 8-channel Resistivity Instrument Data courtesy of the Texas Dept. of Transportation, TX USA Road Geotechnical Investigation Resistivity Imaging was performed along TX State Highway 47 west of College Station, TX. The goal was to map the subsurface in this area. This area is known to have a highly variable near-surface ranging from clay to sand deposits that can be troubling during road expansion and road maintenance planning.

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Geotechnical Investigation along TX State Highway 47

Objective: Roadway Geotechnical Survey for clay moisture content mappingSurvey date: July, 2007Survey site: College Station, TX, USAInstrument: SuperSting R8/IP with 112 electrodes at 2m spacingElectrode array: Dipole-dipoleProcessing: Inversion of data using EarthImager 2D inversion softwareUnits: Meter and Ohmmeter

Info Brazil:Tel.: 21 2556-1295Email: [email protected]: http://www.alphageofisica.com.br

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Resistivity Imaging was performed along TX State Highway 47 west of College Station, TX. The goal was to map the subsurface in this area. This area is known to have a highly variable near-surface ranging from clay to sand deposits that can be troubling during road expansion and road maintenance planning.