The electrical resistivity tomography method in the detection of shallow mining cavities. A case study on the Victoria Cave, Cartagena (SE Spain)

Martínez‐Pagán, Pedro; Gómez-Ortíz, David; Crespo, Tomás Martı́n; Manteca, José Ignacio; Rosique, Marta

doi:10.1016/j.enggeo.2013.01.013

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“…The traditional ground resistivity methods are used to detect the water-bearing structures in mines, including electrical section method and high-density electrical method in a single tunnel (Maillol et al, 1999;van Schoor, 2005;Martínez-López et al, 2013;Martínez-Pagán et al, 2013). These methods belong to electrical sounding method, with which two-dimensional (2D) vertical geoelectrical information is acquired in a single tunnel to identify the water-bearing structures.…”

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Detecting and monitoring of water inrush in tunnels and coal mines using direct current resistivity method: A review

Liu

Nie

et al. 2015

Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

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a b s t r a c tDetecting, real-time monitoring and early warning of underground water-bearing structures are critically important issues in prevention and mitigation of water inrush hazards in underground engineering. Direct current (DC) resistivity method is a widely used method for routine detection, advanced detection and real-time monitoring of water-bearing structures, due to its high sensitivity to groundwater. In this study, the DC resistivity method applied to underground engineering is reviewed and discussed, including the observation mode, multiple inversions, and real-time monitoring. It is shown that a priori information constrained inversion is desirable to reduce the non-uniqueness of inversion, with which the accuracy of detection can be significantly improved. The focused resistivity method is prospective for advanced detection; with this method, the flanking interference can be reduced and the detection distance is increased subsequently. The time-lapse resistivity inversion method is suitable for the regions with continuous conductivity changes, and it can be used to monitor water inrush in those regions. Based on above-mentioned features of various methods in terms of benefits and limitations, we propose a three-dimensional (3D) induced polarization method characterized with multi-electrode array, and introduce it into tunnels and mines combining with real-time monitoring with time-lapse inversion and cross-hole resistivity method. At last, the prospective applications of DC resistivity method are discussed as follows: (1) available advanced detection technology and instrument in tunnel excavated by tunnel boring machine (TBM), (2) high-resolution detection method in holes, (3) four-dimensional (4D) monitoring technology for water inrush sources, and (4) estimation of water volume in water-bearing structures.

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Section: Routine Detectionmentioning

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Detecting and monitoring of water inrush in tunnels and coal mines using direct current resistivity method: A review

Liu

Nie

et al. 2015

Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

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“…; Martinez‐Pagan et al . ). Because of the sharp contrast between the conductivities of cavities and enclosing rocks, this method can often give good results.…”

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Detecting underground cavities using microtremor data: physical modelling and field experiment

Kolesnikov

Fedin

2017

Geophysical Prospecting

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In this paper, we study the possibilities of the use of microtremor records in the detection and delineation of near‐surface underground cavities. Three‐dimensional physical modelling data showed that the averaging amplitude spectra of a large number of microtremor records makes it possible to evaluate the frequencies and amplitudes of compressional standing waves generated by microtremor in the space between the ground surface and underground cavities. We illustrate how these parameters can be used to estimate the shape of the underground cavity horizontal projection. If the compressional wave velocity in the enclosing rock is known, it is possible to evaluate the depth to the cavity top using the frequencies of the standing waves. The results of the field experiment confirmed the possibility of underground cavities detection using microtremor data.

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“…ERT in spite of a lower resolution is able to image cavities (as a resistive media, e.g. Cardarelli et al, 2006;Ezersky, 2008;Martínez-Pagán et al, 2013) located at grater depths than GPR in conductive environments. Therefore, an integrated survey of GPR and ERT can simultaneously localize shallow or deep cavities along with delineate water table at area of prospect.…”

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Geophysical investigation of underground water content zones using electrical resistivity tomography and ground penetrating radar: A case study in Hesarak-Karaj, Iran

Afshar

Abedi

Norouzi

et al. 2015

Engineering Geology

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The electrical resistivity tomography method in the detection of shallow mining cavities. A case study on the Victoria Cave, Cartagena (SE Spain)

Cited by 67 publications

References 26 publications

Detecting and monitoring of water inrush in tunnels and coal mines using direct current resistivity method: A review

Detecting and monitoring of water inrush in tunnels and coal mines using direct current resistivity method: A review

Detecting underground cavities using microtremor data: physical modelling and field experiment

Geophysical investigation of underground water content zones using electrical resistivity tomography and ground penetrating radar: A case study in Hesarak-Karaj, Iran

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