Geologic Formation | Electric resistivity | Remarks |
Lisan Marls in the northern Lower Jordan Valley area | 5 - 10 Ωm | Fine-grained fresh water deposits containing irrigation return flows |
Lisan Marls in the southern Lower Jordan Valley area | 0.1 - 5.0 Ωm | Fine-grained salt water deposits composed of up to 6% of salts |
Salty water containing few 1000 mg/L of salts | Up to 40 Ωm | Salty water found in different geologic formations |
Shales and clays | 10 - 40 Ωm | Containing fresh water |
Sands and gravels | 50 - 120 Ωm | Containing fresh water |
Wet to dry sand and gravel | 200 up to a few thousand Ωm |
|
Dead Sea Water | 0.04 Ωm | Salt content > 320 g/L |