IDENTIFICATION OF THE SLIPS SURFACES USING RESISTIVITY GEOELECTRICAL METHOD IN LANDSLIDE PRONE AREAS IN PADANG AND AGAM REGENCY OF WEST SUMATERA
West Sumatra has wavy and steep topography. Beside, West Sumatra has topographic slope more than 30, it also has high rainfall. This condition makes this area has a high potential of landslide risk. This problem needs to get a scientific study of how the surface characteristics of the landslide field as a preliminary study of landslide mitigation in West Sumatera. Information on the characteristics of landslide surfaces in landslide prone areas in West Sumatra has not been widely available. Based on the above reason, research has been done to find out the depth and slope of the landslide surface in Padang and Agam Regency of West Sumatra. This explorative research uses resistivity method using Ares equipment set (Cheko production). The apparent resistivity data is interpreted using the optimized optimized least-squares smoothnessconstrain inversion method in order to obtain true resistivity 2D cross-section. The layer thickness and the slope of landslide surface the targeted area was calculated base on true resistivity 2D cross-section that synchronized with topographic data. The results showed that the average both depth and angle of the landslide surfaces in Agam regency of West Sumatra were 41degrees and 16.5 meters respectively. The average both depth and angle of the landslide surfaces in Padang were 38 degree and 12.5 meters respectively. The rock that acts as a landslide surfaces is Clay