Electrical Resistivity Tomography Using Wenner β - Schlumberger Configuration for Anomaly Detection in The Soil

Abstract

In the subsurface exploration investigations there are many methods used, one of them is Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT). ERT method is able to measure the electrical properties of the material below the earth surface based on the value of the resistivity of the material by injecting electric current and measure the potential at the surface. Based on the data obtained then will be inputted into RES2DINV software for final processing of 2D image. This research has been created by testing 2 configurations Wenner-Schlumberger and Wenner β - Schlumberger for detecting anomalies in homogeneous soil. A wooden box containing homogeneous soil is used for the test. Three anomalies (wood, stone, and wet soil) were placed in different positions and the variation of resistivity was detected. We found that the Wenner β - Schlumberger configuration results in a smaller resistivity value error than the Wenner-Schlumberger configurations.