RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SHALLOW-DEPTH ELECTRICAL AND ELECTROSTATIC PROSPECTING USING MOBILE ARRAYS

Application of mobile electrical and electrostatic quadripoles during the past ten years has allowed a considerable increase in the size of the surveyed areas, together with keeping a high spatial resolution an d a reduction of the total cost of a survey. Two new developments of t owed arrays are illustrated here: (1) a Dole-pole array pulled by the operator provides a lightweight solution for mapping large surfaces at a unique given depth of investigation, as shown by the prospection of the Roman-British city of Wroxeter; and (2) a multipole, multidepth s ystem allows a 3-D investigation of the ground resistivity, as illustr ated by the experiments undertaken on the test site of Garchy and on t he archaeological site of Montbaron (Indre, France).