Research Article

Rock Type Effects on Radio Signal Attenuation

Table 1

Resistivity ranges for the different rock types [21].

Rock typeResistivity median (Ωm)Resistivity min (Ωm)Resistivity max (Ωm)Mode(s) (Ωm)Range(s) (Ωm)Std. dev (Ωm)

VGNVeined gneiss22800.002020427722-3 k
6-8 k
20-25 k
60-100 k
250 k
4-40 k
60-100 k
151097

PGRPegmatitic granite16300.001884721706-8 k
16-20 k
25-30 k
3-30 k145948

DGNDiatextic granite15500.009.469425383-4 k
4-5 k
10-12 k
20-25 k
40-50 k
5-65 k106169

SGNStromatic gneiss18800.002459623413

MGNMica gneiss20400.003586661924-5 k
20-25 k
60-100 k
3-30 k
60-200 k
110824

QGNQuartz gneiss55800.001060047592510-15 k
20-160 k
250-320 k
10-500 k183258

KFPK-feldspar porphyry5730.00350030300

MFGNMafic gneiss18900.005344657401-1,5 k
6-10 k
20-100 k
6-100 k108686

TGGTonalitic granitic Granodioritic gneiss24400.00219046006310-12 k
20-32 k
6-40 k102174

MDBMetadiabase113000.0016200463038

All19366.509.4620427726-8 k
16-32 k
4-100 k118614

Altered12386.509.4620427722-3 k
5-6 k
10-12 k
25-32 k
40-50 k
5-50 k143048

Deformed1-2 k
5-6 k
4-30 k88168