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http://dx.doi.org/10.9720/kseg.2019.1.001

Characterizing Fracture System Change at Boreholes in a Coastal Area in Korea for Monitoring Earthquake  

Cheong, Jae-Yeol (Korea Radioactive Waste Agency)
Hamm, Se-Yeong (Dept. of Geological Sciences, Pusan National University)
Ok, Soon-Il (Korea Radioactive Waste Agency)
Cho, Hyunjin (Korea Radioactive Waste Agency)
Kim, Soo-Gin (Korea Radioactive Waste Agency)
Yun, Sul-Min (Dept. of Geological Sciences, Pusan National University)
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The Journal of Engineering Geology / v.29, no.1, 2019 , pp. 1-12 More about this Journal
Abstract
Earthquake can change underground stress condition around the hypocenter and affect the fracture systems of the rocks. In Korea, the M5.8 Gyeongju earthquake on September 12, 2016 and M5.4 Pohang earthquake on November 15, 2017 occurred inside the Yangsan fault zone and possibly affected the fracture systems in the Yangsan fault zone and nearby rock masses. In this study, the characteristics of the fracture system (fracture orientation, number of the fractures, fracture spacing and aperture, dip angle, fracture density along depth, and relative rock strength) of the rocks in the low/intermediate level radioactive waste repository site located in the coastal area of the East Sea are analyzed by the impact of the Gyeongju and Pohang earthquakes using acoustic televiewer data taken from the boreholes at the radioactive waste repository site in 2005 and 2018. As a result of acoustic televiewer logging analysis, the fracture numbers, fracture aperture, and fracture density along depth overall increased in 2018 comparing to those in 2005. This increase tendency may be due to changes in the fracture system due to the impact of the earthquakes, or due to weathering of the wall of the boreholes for a long period longer than 10 years after the installation of the boreholes in 2005. In the borehole KB-14, on the whole, the orientation of the fractures and the average fracture spacing are slightly different between 2005 and 2018, while dip angle and relative rock strength in 2005 and 2018 are similar each other.
Keywords
Gyeongju earthquake; Pohang earthquake; acoustic televiewer logging; fracture system characteristics; coastal area;
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