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Delineation of a fault zone beneath a riverbed by an electrical resistivity survey using a floating streamer cable  

Kwon Hyoung-Seok (Geological Survey of Japan, AIST)
Kim Jung-Ho (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineeral Resources)
Ahn Hee-Yoon (Heesong Geotek Co., Ltd.)
Yoon Jin-Sung (Heesong Geotek Co., Ltd.)
Kim Ki-Seog (Heesong Geotek Co., Ltd.)
Jung Chi-Kwang (ESCO Engineers & Consultant Co., Ltd.)
Lee Seung-Bok (Samsung Engineering & Construction)
Uchida Toshihiro (Geological Survey of Japan, AIST)
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Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration / v.8, no.1, 2005 , pp. 50-58 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, the imaging of geological structures beneath water-covered areas has been in great demand because of numerous tunnel and bridge construction projects on river or lake sites. An electrical resistivity survey can be effective in such a situation because it provides a subsurface image of faults or weak zones beneath the water layer. Even though conventional resistivity surveys in water-covered areas, in which electrodes are installed on the water bottom, do give high-resolution subsurface images, much time and effort is required to install electrodes. Therefore, an easier and more convenient method is sought to find the strike direction of the main zones of weakness, especially for reconnaissance surveys. In this paper, we investigate the applicability of the streamer resistivity survey method, which uses electrodes in a streamer cable towed by ship or boat, for delineating a fault zone. We do this through numerical experiments with models of water-covered areas. We demonstrate that the fault zone can be imaged, not only by installing electrodes on the water bottom, but also by using floating electrodes, when the depth of water is less than twice the electrode spacing. In addition, we compare the signal-to-noise ratio and resolving power of four kinds of electrode arrays that can be adapted to the streamer resistivity method. Following this numerical study, we carried out both conventional and streamer resistivity surveys for the planned tunnel construction site located at the Han River in Seoul, Korea. To obtain high-resolution resistivity images we used the conventional method, and installed electrodes on the water bottom along the planned route of the tunnel beneath the river. Applying a two-dimensional inversion scheme to the measured data, we found three distinctive low-resistivity anomalies, which we interpreted as associated with fault zones. To determine the strike direction of these three fault zones, we used the quick and convenient streamer resistivity.
Keywords
streamer resistivity survey; fault zone; continuous resistivity profiling; water-covered area;
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