Mobile Electrode Group (MEG)

The development of the MEG avoids the staff- and time-intensive manual operation of electrodes. The MEG consists of a jeep with the measurement devices and the electrodes mounted on a trailer; the electrodes arranged in two rows at a distance of 1 m are simultaneously sunk by compressed air. The device can be handled by one person only.

The apparent resistivity is acquired on whole areas using current and voltage electrodes. Using different electrode arrays we can reach penetration depths up to 2m. 14 electrodes in 2 lines are simultaneously pressed into the ground by pneumatic means. The distance between the electrodes is 1m.

The MEG is a development that makes a manual positioning needless. Only 1 person is need to operate the device. Besides personal and temporal advantages the instrument allows for a variety of different electrode array and thus expands the interpretation of geoelectrical mapping data.

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