For the Geotechnical Engineer in Your Life
Some notes, links, and references for the geotechnical engineer relating to near-surface geophysics.
- Environmental & Engineering Geoscience (A journal of the Geological Society of America) Introduction to Special Issue on Debris Flows - Part I and Part II
- With land moving 1 foot each week, Rancho Palos Verdes takes big step to try to slow dangerous landslide
- MASW methodology overview.
- Geophysical methods commonly used in geotechnical site characterization.
- Special Issue: Near-surface Geophysics for Geohazard Assessment Near Surface Geophysics: Volume 19, Issue 2
- Gustafsson and Higgs (2024) | How to promote geophysics as a standard tool for geotechnical investigations | Article PDF
- Void Detection example from Terradat Geophysics (England)
- Slope Stability example from Terradat Geophysics (England)
- The Hidden Engineering of Landfills. I don't know anything about landfills, but there are a lot of articles about using geophysical methods to monitor them - here are some examples:
- 2D inversion of electrical resistivity investigation of contaminant plume around a dumpsite near Onitsha expressway in southeastern Nigeria
- Time-lapse electrical resistivity anomalies due to contaminant transport around landfills
- Application of Electrical Resistivity Data Sets for the Evaluation of the Pollution Concentration Level within Landfill Subsoil
- Frequency domain electromagnetic induction imaging: An effective method to see inside a capped landfill
Landslides and Debris Flows - A common geotechnical engineering challenge
MASW - Multichannel analysis of shear waves
Unsorted ... will get to it 😏
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