ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES ON PLANTATION FIRES IN LIANG ANGGANG VILLAGE, SOUTH KALIMANTAN, INDONESIA
Mimin Iryanti, Ahmad Aminuddin, Eleonora Agustine and Yuyu Rahmat Tayubi

Physics Department, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Jln Setiabudhi No 229 Bandung

Geophysics Department, Universitas Padjadjaran
Jln Raya Bandung Sumedang KM 21, Kab Sumedang

Abstract

Electrical properties have been used in soil characteristic such as conductivity electric, resistivity and dielectric permittivity. The aim of this study is characterization of electrical properties at planation fires at Liang Anggang village, Kab Banjar in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. The geoelectric resistivity WennerSchlumberger method was conducted in field with 1 meter electrode spacing. The result of resistivity section whose length is 52 meter varies from 149 to 1436 ohmmeter. There relatively high resistivity (1039 until 1436 ohmmeter) at near surface until 5 meter below surface, and deeper than 5 m has lower resistivity (149 until 752 ohmmeter). Resistivity of plantation fires has high resistivity, because there are many organic matters and less water content and that impact up to 5 meter the depth.

Keywords: Resistivity, Plantation Fires, Organic Matter, GeoElectric, Indonesia

Topic: Physics