Open AccessCombination of ground penetrating radar and seismic surveys of the tailings dam
Author(s) -
А. И. Калашник,
Alexander Dyakov
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/938/1/012020
Subject(s) - tailings , ground penetrating radar , geology , depth sounding , tailings dam , degree of saturation , geotechnical engineering , saturation (graph theory) , groundwater , radar , mining engineering , soil water , soil science , engineering , telecommunications , oceanography , materials science , mathematics , combinatorics , metallurgy
Identification of water-saturated zones in the tailings dams is an actual scientific and practical task in terms of providing, first of all, their mechanical strength and filtration stability. Use of active sounding geophysical study methods allows obtaining sufficiently detailed information about the peculiarities of the internal structure of the tailings dam and the degree of water saturation of the composing soils. The paper presents the results of in-situ experiments on the study of the tailings dam of the mining enterprise by ground penetrating radar (GPR) and seismic methods. A comparative analysis of the conducted studies has allowed clarifying the internal structure and assessing the dam’s condition, paying special attention to the identification of local zones of increased water saturation and filtration. Based on the calculated correlation coefficient of electromagnetic and seismic wave velocity values, it was revealed that synchronization of geophysical surveys allows significantly increasing the reliability of in-situ determinations, as well as obtaining more reliable data. The results of the studies are the basis for predicting the most vulnerable places (zones) of a bulk ground hydraulic facility, as well as the localization of water-saturated areas in the body of the ground structures with greater reliability and performance.