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Electrical surveys using the method of the natural electrical field; new investigations

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Detection of Subsurface Flow Phenomena

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  1. Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, USSR

    E. N. Ruderman

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  1. A. A. Ogilvy
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Georg-Paul Merkler Heinz Militzer Heinz Hötzl Heinrich Armbruster Josef Brauns

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Ogilvy, A.A., Ostrovskij, E.J., Ruderman, E.N. (1989). Electrical surveys using the method of the natural electrical field; new investigations. In: Merkler, GP., Militzer, H., Hötzl, H., Armbruster, H., Brauns, J. (eds) Detection of Subsurface Flow Phenomena. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, vol 27. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0011655

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