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Evaluating hazards at salt cavern sites using multichannel analysis of surface waves

Julian Ivanov, Birgit Leitner, William Shefchik, J. Tyler Shwenk and Shelby L. Peterie
Evaluating hazards at salt cavern sites using multichannel analysis of surface waves (in Urban geophysics, Rick Miller (prefacer))
Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK) (March 2013) 32 (3): 298-305

Abstract

Subsidence resulting in sinkholes within dissolution mine fields in and around the city of Hutchinson, Kansas, USA (Figure 1) has been reported for more than 90 years. Salt dissolution and the resulting unpredictable upward migration of the dissolution voids can be observed both in proximity to well bores (dissolution mining, brine disposal, and oil wells; seismic shot holes, etc.) and in areas known to experience natural dissolution with no apparent anthropogenic influences. One potential outcome of the upward migration of these long-inactive dissolution voids in the city of Hutchinson is significant structural damage to facilities, infrastructure, or traffic areas. Monitoring the condition of a void's roof is key to determining and managing this risk. Drilling is expensive for this investigative application in part because of the number of potential targets. At a depth of approximately 120 m, most surface geophysical methods have neither the sensitivity nor resolution necessary to detect these voids, much less interrogate the roof.


ISSN: 1070-485X
EISSN: 1938-3789
Serial Title: Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK)
Serial Volume: 32
Serial Issue: 3
Title: Evaluating hazards at salt cavern sites using multichannel analysis of surface waves
Title: Urban geophysics
Affiliation: Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, KS, United States
Pages: 298-305
Published: 201303
Text Language: English
Publisher: Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa, OK, United States
References: 6
Accession Number: 2013-032262
Categories: Engineering geologyApplied geophysics
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. strat. col., sketch map
N38°02'60" - N38°02'60", W97°55'60" - W97°55'60"
Secondary Affiliation: Fugro-Austria, AUT, AustriaBurns and McDonnell Engineering Company, USA, United States
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data from GeoScienceWorld, Alexandria, VA, United States. Reference includes data supplied by Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa, OK, United States
Update Code: 201320
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