Self potential tomography applied to the determination of cavities英文文献.pdf

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 33, L13401, doi:10.1029/2006GL026028, 2006 Click Here for Full Article Self-potential tomography applied to the determination of cavities A. Jardani,1,2 A. Revil,3 and J. P. Dupont1 Received 19 March 2005; revised 26 April 2006; accepted 2 May 2006; published 1 July 2006. [1] A 3D tomography algorithm of self-potential (SP) ground. SP signals correspond to the passive measurement signals is applied for the first time to the localization of at the ground surface of the electrical potential distribution subsurface cavities. A specific application is made to a resulting from polarization processes at play in the marl-pit in Normandy (North-West of France). A SP map ground. The flow of groundwater is responsible for a with a total of 221 (5 m-spaced) measurements shows a polarization mechanism known as the streaming potential negative anomaly with an amplitude of 8 mV associated [Sill, 1983]. Previous works [Lange and Barner, 1995] with the position of the marl pit. To explain these data, we have shown that water-saturated caves are responsible for solved the boundary-value problem for the coupled hydro- positive SP signals at the ground surface while air-filled electric problem associated with the presence of the cavity caves are responsible for negative SP anomalies. Some using a finite-element code. The numerical simulations anomalies show sometimes an M- or W-shape signal point out the role of open conduits in electrical charge centered on the position of the cave in either case. While accumulation near the roof of the cavity and the resistivity