Groundwater Detection Using the Pseudo-3D Resistivity Method: A History of Case Studies
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With the rapid growth of the economy and population, the desire to use groundwater supplies is increasing. In order to detect groundwater, conducting a geophysics survey is a common way to map the subsurface. This method can describe the subsurface’s physical properties. For example, the direct current (DC) resistivity method provides a resistivity map of the subsurface, in which the groundwater is normally located in low resistivity anomaly zones. However, the DC method needs to overcome the challenges of the urban environment, with its infrastructure and background noise. In this paper, we propose a pseudo-3D resistivity surveying method to solve these problems, and it is applied to situations of groundwater detection within the city environment, dam leakage, and drinking water. From the pseudo-3D resistivity surveying, we detected the low-resistivity anomaly in the area, which is interpreted as groundwater through borehole verification.
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OpenAlex topics: Geophysical Methods and Applications · Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods · Seismic Waves and Analysis
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School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Key Laboratory of Metallogenic Prediction of Nonferrous Metals and Geological Environment Monitoring (Central South University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410083, China
Hunan Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Resources and Geological Hazard Exploration, Changsha 410083, China
School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
Funding
Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) · Innovation-Driven Youth Team Project of Central South University · Hunan Province Natural Resources Science and Technology Project “Key Technologies and Applications of Polluted Site Detection and Evaluation in Urban Physical Examination” · Regional Innovation Cooperation Programs of Sichuan province
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