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Electrical Resistivity Investigation at a Wastes Disposal Site (전기비저항 탐사를 이용한 매립지 안정화 조사)

  • Ha, Hee-Sang;Jung, Yun-Mun
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.09a
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    • pp.70-86
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    • 2000
  • The primary objective of this study is to develope an investigating method to identify spatial variability of plumes and contaminants at contaminated sites. The electrical resistivity method was used to characterize contaminated sites. This technique is expected to use actively at contaminated sites in order to remedy the contaminated sites in the future. It was studied by appling electrical resistivity method into contaminated wastes disposal sites and verified that it was suitable method for the contaminated site characterization.

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Detecting buried human remains using near-surface geophysical instruments

  • Powell Kathryn
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.88-92
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    • 2004
  • To improve the recovery rate of unlocated buried human remains in forensic investigations, there is scope to evaluate and develop techniques that are applicable to the Australian environment. I established controlled gravesites (comprising shallow buried kangaroos, pigs, and human cadavers) in South Australia, to allow the methodical testing of remote sensing equipment for the purpose of grave detection in forensic investigations. Eight-month-old pig graves are shown to provide more distinct identifying results using ground-penetrating radar when compared to four-year-old kangaroo graves. Two further aspects of this research are presented: information (obtained from a survey) relating to the police use of geophysical instruments for locating buried human remains, and the use of electrical resistivity for locating human remains buried in a coffin. The survey of Australian police jurisdictions, covering the period 1995-2000, showed that police searches for unlocated bodies have not successfully located human remains using any geophysical instruments (such as ground-penetrating radar, magnetometers, or electrical resistivity). Lower resistivity readings were found coincident with the 150-year-old single historical burial in a heavily excavated field, in a situation where its exact location was previously unknown.

Forward Calculation of Electric Potential, Electric Field and Resistivity Survey on Anisotropic Layered Half Space (이방성 층상구조에 대한 전위와 전기장 및 전기비저항탐사 계산 연구)

  • Na, Sung-Ho;Kim, Hyoung-Soo
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.98-112
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    • 2021
  • We followed and extended the algorithm originally made by Das (1995) to calculate the electric potential and field induced by electric current in arbitrary anisotropic layered structure. We confirmed all the theoretical contents and coded the corresponding program to acquire the electric potential and field. Further we extended to forward estimation of apparent resistivity to be attained by electrical resistivity survey on anisotropic layered structure with differing the electrode spacing and azimuth of anisotropy. The effects of anisotropy were reviewed by considering some examples.

Electrical resistivity survey and interpretation considering excavation effects for the detection of loose ground in urban area

  • Seo Young Song;Bitnarae Kim;Ahyun Cho;Juyeon Jeong;Dongkweon Lee;Myung Jin Nam
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.109-119
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    • 2023
  • Ground subsidence in urban areas due to excessive development and degraded underground facilities is a serious problem. Geophysical surveys have been conducted to estimate the distribution and scale of cavities and subsidence. In this study, electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) was performed near an area of road subsidence in an urban area. The subsidence arose due to groundwater leakage that carried soil into a neighboring excavation site. The ERT survey line was located between the main subsidence area and an excavation site. Because ERT data are affected by rapid topographic changes and surrounding structures, the influence of the excavation site on the data was analyzed through field-scale numerical modeling. The effect of an excavation should be considered when interpreting ERT data because it can lead to wrong anomalous results. A method for performing 2D inversion after correcting resistivity data for the effect of the excavation site was proposed. This method was initially tested using a field-scale numerical model that included the excavation site and subsurface anomaly, which was a loosened zone, and was then applied to field data. In addition, ERT data were interpreted using an existing in-house 3D algorithm, which considered the effect of excavation sites. The inversion results demonstrated that conductive anomalies in the loosened zone were greater compared to the inversion that did not consider the effects of excavation.

Application of Electrical Resistivity Tomography Using Single Well in Seawater Intrusion Areas (해수침투지역에서 단일 시추공을 이용한 전기비저항 토모그래피 탐사의 적용성)

  • Song, Sung-Ho
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.369-376
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    • 2007
  • Electrical resistivity tomography was carried out at seawater intrusion monitoring wells located at watershed in coastal areas. It is difficult to identify the characteristics of resistivity near monitoring well in case of using high signalto-noise ratio array due to the high conductivity condition in coastal aquifer although electrical resistivity survey is well adopted to delineate hydrogeological characteristics with the distribution of electrical resistivity. To improve the quality of electrical resistivity survey for two sites with seawater intrusion monitoring wells, inversion with the results of holeto-surface electrical resistivity tomography using single well was executed. The results of inversion for aquifer near wells were verified with the results of drilling log with the informations of fracture, electrical conductivity logging and normal resistivity logging. The inversion for aquifer near one of two wells was also performed at low and high tide with the same electrodes, respectively. From the inversion result, it is possible to obtain the resistivity images with high resolution and to identify the characteristics of aquifer related to seawater intrusion with tidal fluctuation. From this study, it was demonstrated that the hole-to-surface electrical resistivity tomography method accompanied with drilling log, electrical conductivity logging and normal resistivity logging would be useful to delineate the hydrogeological structures near monitoring wells in coastal areas.

Investigation of Water Leakage in Seosan A-Region Sea Wall using Integrated Analysis of Remote Sensing, Electrical Resistivity Survey, Electromagnetic Survey, and Borehole Survey (원격탐사, 전기탐사, 전자기탐사 및 시추공영상의 융합적 분석을 통한 서산지역 방조제 누수구역 판별)

  • Hong, Seong-In;Lee, Dongik;Baek, Gwanghyun;Yoo, Youngcheol;Lim, Kookmook;Yu, Jaehyung
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.105-121
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    • 2013
  • This study introduces integrated approach on detection of a leakage in a sea wall based on remote sensing, electric resistivity survey, electromagnetic survey, and borehole survey for the Seosan A-Region sea wall. The satellite temperature distribution from Landsat ETM+ data identifies water leakage distribution and period by analyzing temperature mixing patterns between sea water and fresh water. Electric resistivity survey provides both horizontal and vertical anomaly distributions over the sea wall showing below average electric resistivity. Electromagnetic survey(electrical conductivity survey) reveals the potential possible leakage areas with minimal background impact by comparing electrical conductivity values between high and low tides. Borehole image processing system confirmed the locations of anomalies identified from the other survey methods and distributions of vertical fracture zones. The integrated approach identified 41.7% of the sea wall being the most probable area vulnerable to water leakage and effectively approximated both horizontal and vertical distribution of water leakage. The integrated analysis of remote sensing, electric resistivity survey, electromagnetic survey and borehole survey is considered to be an optimal method in identifying water leakage distribution, period, and extent of fractures knowledged from the boreholes.