Groundwater Detection Using the Pseudo-3D Resistivity Method: A History of Case Studies

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 curr...

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Main Authors: Xinjie Chen, Zhenwei Guo, Chunming Liu, Jianxin Liu, Qihong Wu
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-07-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/13/6788
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Zhenwei Guo
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-9353752f508e4c02b52bbbeff51f43dc2023-11-23T19:42:43ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-07-011213678810.3390/app12136788Groundwater Detection Using the Pseudo-3D Resistivity Method: A History of Case StudiesXinjie Chen0Zhenwei Guo1Chunming Liu2Jianxin Liu3Qihong Wu4School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, ChinaSchool of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, ChinaSchool of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, ChinaSchool of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, ChinaSchool of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, ChinaWith 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.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/13/6788pseudo-3Dresistivitygroundwaterdam leakage
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Applied Sciences
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resistivity
groundwater
dam leakage
title Groundwater Detection Using the Pseudo-3D Resistivity Method: A History of Case Studies
title_full Groundwater Detection Using the Pseudo-3D Resistivity Method: A History of Case Studies
title_fullStr Groundwater Detection Using the Pseudo-3D Resistivity Method: A History of Case Studies
title_full_unstemmed Groundwater Detection Using the Pseudo-3D Resistivity Method: A History of Case Studies
title_short Groundwater Detection Using the Pseudo-3D Resistivity Method: A History of Case Studies
title_sort groundwater detection using the pseudo 3d resistivity method a history of case studies
topic pseudo-3D
resistivity
groundwater
dam leakage
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