--- title: Blog | AGI USA | field training description: field training | --- English Русский - AGI USA [+1 512.335.3338](tel:1-512-335-3338)   | - AGI EUROPE +34 913 056 477   | - - [![AGIUSA Logo](https://blog.agiusa.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AGI-Apr2016_Theme/img/AGI-logo.png?width=195&height=50&name=AGI-logo.png "AGIUSA Logo")](http://www.agiusa.com) # Advanced Geosciences Blog ## [2D Resistivity Surveys: The Benefits, Limitations, & Technology](https://blog.agiusa.com/2d-resistivity-survey) Posted by [AGI](https://blog.agiusa.com/author/agi) on Jan 4, 2017 3:44:39 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.agiusa.com/hubfs/Images/Blog/2d-resistivity-survey.jpg) ](https://blog.agiusa.com/2d-resistivity-survey) In the 1980s and early 1990s, geophysicists became largely disenchanted with electrical resistivity because of the inadequacies of Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES). Specifically, the VES method assumes that the imaged geology is horizontally layered and that each layer is homogeneous. Of course, this often isn’t the case, causing some project managers (and their clients) to become fed up with the unusable results. [Read More](https://blog.agiusa.com/2d-resistivity-survey) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.agiusa.com/2d-resistivity-survey#comments-listing) Topics: [field training](https://blog.agiusa.com/topic/field-training) ## Contact Us +1.512.335.3338 (US+International) +34.913 056 477 (EMEA and Latin America) 2121 Geoscience Drive Austin, Texas 78726 Hours: 8:30a - 5p CST (M-F) ## Looking for something specific? Search Search © 2016 Advanced Geosciences, Inc. | [Privacy Policy](http://www.agiusa.com/privacy-policy)