Use of electrical resistivity to detect underground mine voids in Ohio : research implementation plan.

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• Creators:
  Sheets, Rodney A.
• Corporate Creators:
  Geological Survey (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  Ohio. Dept. of Transportation ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Abandoned Mines--Ohio Earth Resistance Electric Prospecting--Ohio Geophysical Prospecting Mines Resistivity Method
• Publication/ Report Number:
  02-4041
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Ohio
• Edition:
  Research implementation plan.
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Geological Survey (USGS)
• Abstract:
  This project was a natural extension of the 1996-1997 void detection work completed by the USGS for
  
  ODOT. This earlier project was entitled “Detection of Underground Mine Voids in Ohio by Use of
  
  Geophysical Methods” and was published as U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) Water-Resources
  
  Investigations Report # 97-4221. This report discussed several possible geophysical techniques that
  
  might be successful at detecting mine voids. The only geophysical technique tested during this earlier
  
  research project was ground penetrating radar. The report indicated that the likelihood of detecting
  
  variations in electrical resistivity due to the presence of abandoned underground mine voids was sufficient
  
  to warrant further investigation.
  
  The approach for the current research project reflects the proposed completion of the investigation of
  
  electrical resistivity measurements for this purpose. This proposed research approach would benefit the
  
  Office of Geotechnical Engineering as a continuation of research related to finding effective methods for
  
  identifying and evaluating roadway locations where abandoned underground mines exist.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  14709
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e3f61f4661beb5cae088d9386eada94e95b9aa255c2634eb0ab80b4be6f9874c
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18214/dot_18214_DS1.pdf
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