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Identification of Water-Saturated Zones in a Protective Hydraulic Earthen Structure by Synchronous Electromagnetic and Seismic Sounding

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Results of field experiments in synchronized investigation of the protection embankment of the tailing pond of JSC Kovdor Mining and Processing Plant by means of different wave methods of electromagnetic and seismic sounding are presented. A comparative analysis of the data is carried out by means of which boundaries of zones of different degrees of water saturation of the embankment soils may be reliably established. The ranges of velocity of the electromagnetic wave and range of values of the ratio of the velocities of the longitudinal and transverse elastic wave in the transition from dry dense soil of the embankment to moistened soil right up through water-saturated soil are determined.

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    N. N. Abramov, A. Yu. D’yakov & A. I. Kalashnik

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Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskie Stroitel’stvo, No. 2, February 2019, pp. 17 – 21.

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Abramov, N.N., D’yakov, A.Y. & Kalashnik, A.I. Identification of Water-Saturated Zones in a Protective Hydraulic Earthen Structure by Synchronous Electromagnetic and Seismic Sounding. Power Technol Eng 53, 167–171 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10749-019-01055-3

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