abem Terrameter LS - Vertical Electrical Sounding

ABEM Terrameter LS
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6.10 Vertical Electrical Sounding
Vertical Electrical Sounding, VES, can be carried out using a set of standard VES
cables and by moving the electrodes manually. Four electrodes are connected via
cables to the C1, C2, P1 and P2 connectors on the contact panel. The
“Measure/Electrodes” View for a VES Task will consequently look similar to the one
shown in Figure 64.
The LS instrument is said to be in VES mode when the active Task is a VES Task,
that is the Task was created with a VES protocol.
Figure 64. The Electrodes View in VES mode
The electrode positions are pre-defined in a measurement protocol and thus the
electrode coordinates will automatically be saved together with the measured data.
The measurement protocols must be written in a special format (see Appendix 12.9
“Protocol Files in XML-format for VES”).
In VES mode there will be primarily three Views involved:
- The “Measure/Progress” View (Figure 65) will be used to start and stop
measurements as usual. The active electrode position, that is the electrode
position to be measured, can also be set from this View.
- The “Measure/Electrode Positions” View (Figure 66) displays a list of all the
electrode positions of the active Task. The active electrode position can be set
and a new temporary electrode position can be created from this View.
- The “Measure/VES Curve” View (Figure 71) displays a sounding curve of the
made measurements