Use of engineering geophysics to investigate a site for a building foundation

P. M. Soupios; P. Georgakopoulos; N. Papadopoulos; V. Saltas; A. Andreadakis; F. Vallianatos; A. Sarris; J. P. Makris

doi:10.1088/1742-2132/4/1/011

Use of engineering geophysics to investigate a site for a building foundation

P. M. Soupios^*, P. Georgakopoulos, N. Papadopoulos, V. Saltas, A. Andreadakis, F. Vallianatos, A. Sarris, J. P. Makris

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Abstract

The combination of geophysical data and geotechnical measurements may greatly improve the quality of buildings under construction in civil engineering. A case study is presented here at a vacant building site. Initially, boreholes indicated a complex geology. A dipole-dipole configuration was selected for electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) implementation and the data were processed and interpreted by applying 2D and 3D inversions. An electromagnetic survey was also carried out at a different time periods and successfully used to verify the results of the resistivity measurements. It is demonstrated that engineering geophysics is able to provide solutions for determining subsurface properties and that different prospection techniques are necessary for developing a reasonable model of the subsurface structure.

Original language	English
Article number	011
Pages (from-to)	94-103
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Geophysics and Engineering
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-2132/4/1/011
State	Published - 27 Mar 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Electromagnetic survey
Engineering geophysics
Geoelectrical tomography
Geotechnical engineering

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geophysics
Geology
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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