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Applications:
Subsurface
geophysical methods have many applications in the geotechnical
arena. Below, are some of the industries using these
types of surveys and their general industry applications.
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Engineering
and Power
◊ LNG and
Chemical Pipeline Rights-of-Way
◊ Foundations
◊ Tunnel Construction
◊ Road and Bridge Construction
◊ Void Detection
◊ Industrial
Plant Sites
Oil
and Gas Seismic Contractors
◊ Vibration
Monitoring to Ensure Compliance with Permit Restrictions
◊ Gravity and Magnetics Acquisition and Processing
◊ Near-surface Velocity Calibration and Mapping for
Reflection Seismic Data Processing
Groundwater
◊ Volumetric
Analysis for Water Resource
◊ Depth
to Water Table
◊ Aquifer
Mapping
Landfill
and Sanitation
◊ New
Landfill Siting
◊ Fracture and Erosion of Landfill Cover
◊ Landfill Assessment (New and Established)
Cemetery
Operators
◊ Gravesite
Confirmation
◊ Cemetery
Mapping
◊ Determining
Plot Availability
Archeological
and Historical Societies
◊ Locating
and Preliminary Surveying of Archeological Sites
◊ Mapping of Large-Scale, Subsurface Archeological
Features
Building
Contractors and Developers
◊ Determinations of Elastic Constants
◊ Depth to Load-Bearing Strata
◊ Lateral Variations in Lithology
State
Highway Departments
◊ Roads,
Bridges, Underpasses, Road Cuts, Sink Hole and Solution Cavity
Risk Assessment
State
River Authorities
◊ Dams,
Levees, Flood and Flow Control Projects
Quarry
and Mining
◊ Depth
(thickness) of Overburden ◊
Fracturing
and Weathering Patterns ◊ Ore
Body Mapping ◊
Rippability
Determination
◊ Location of
Abandoned Mine Works ◊
Industrial
Mineral Exploration ◊ Gravity
Surveys
Military
◊ Underground
Operations
◊ Military
Reserves
◊
Dam and Levee
Preventive Maintenance
Insurance
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Risk
Reduction for Issuance of Liability Insurance on Geotechnical
Projects
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