Resistivity characteristics of soil saturated with variation of salt water-fresh water mixture

Abstract

Abstract Peat soil has a specific physical character if compare with the other sediments. It has amount of organic matter and has relatively porosity and permeability. This preliminary research is to predict the salt water content in the soil and peat soil aquifer later on. This research is to investigate the resistivity characteristic of peat soil saturated with variation of salt water-fresh water mixture. Six undisturbed soil and peat soil samples were taken from difference sites in the coastal area. The soil and peat soil samples then saturated with difference amount of salt-fresh water mixture. The resistivity measurement then was measured to the soial and peat soil saturated with the salt-fresh water mixture. The result show that the resistivity decreases drastically as the increasing of a little amount of salt water in the salt-fresh water mixture.