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Data fusion of in situ geophysical and geotechnical information for levee characterization

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Due to the lack of knowledge concerning their construction and their history (breaks and repairs, extensions…), fluvial levees are often badly characterized. Breaks of work are likely to lead to disastrous consequences such as loss of lives and economic disasters. In order to prevent the risk of breakage, special supervision of the protection levee is required. Recognized methodologies for the assessment of hydraulic structures include complementary geotechnical and geophysical reconnaissance methods. This work presents a new way of mathematically combining data from these two types of information sources, taking into account the specificities of each kind of method (level of imperfection associated with the data, spatial distribution of the information). This new methodology considers the framework fixed by the theory of belief masses and improves the characterization of lithological sets within levees. It provides information on the level of conflict between information sources while proposing a confidence index associated with the results. The methodology is implemented through a subsoil section characterized by a real earthen levee investigation campaign. This campaign involves electrical resistivity tomography as well as particle size distribution from laboratory testing and on-site cone penetrometer test. The results highlight the ability of this fusion methodology to characterize the considered materials as well as to specify the positions of the interfaces and the associated levels of confidence.

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We thank all the technicians at the Cerema French Institute involved in the investigation campaign and laboratory tests for their precious help throughout the experimental phase. We also thank the Région Pays de la Loire for their financial support.

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  1. Gustave Eiffel University, GERS, GeoEND, F-44344, Bouguenais, France

    T. Dezert, S. Palma Lopes & P. Côte

  2. Cerema Direction territoriale Normandie-Centre, F-41000, Blois, France

    T. Dezert, Y. Fargier & L. Saussaye

  3. Gustave Eiffel University, GERS, RRO, F-69675, Bron, France

    Y. Fargier

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The original online version of this article was revised: Originally, the Equations 9, 10, 12 and 13 were wrongly published in the online version. This has been correctly presented here.

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Dezert, T., Palma Lopes, S., Fargier, Y. et al. Data fusion of in situ geophysical and geotechnical information for levee characterization. Bull Eng Geol Environ 80, 5181–5197 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-021-02225-2

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