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In this paper, electrical properties of an anisotropic rock formation are discussed. Electrical anisotropy parameters, i.e., horizontal resistivity, R H , and vertical resistivity, R V , and anisotropy coefficient in the sandyshaly Miocene formation, are determined on the basis of induction logs and laterologs. Graphs of R V = f(R H ) calculated for different resistivities of sandstones and shales and variable volumes of those two components allow us to conclude about the correctness of the applied method for determining the resistivity parameters of autochthonous Miocene formations.
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Bała, M. Evaluation of electric parameters of anisotropic sandy-shaly Miocene formations on the basis of resistivity logs. Acta Geophys. 59, 954–966 (2011). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11600-011-0033-1
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