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Exploration of Tunnel Alignment using Geophysical Methods to Increase Safety for Planning and Minimizing Risk

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Engineering geophysics provides valuable and continuous information for the planning and execution of tunnel construction projects. For geotechnical purposes special high-resolution geophysical methods have been developed during the last decades. The importance of applying geophysical methods in addition to usually used geological and geotechnical exploration techniques is increasing. The main goal is to achieve an accurate and continuous model of the subsurface in a relative short period of operation time. The routine application of engineering geophysical methods will increase in the coming years. Due to the high acceptance of engineering geophysics at construction sites, much wider application of geophysical investigations is expected. The combination of different methods—geophysics, geology, and geotechnics as well as the so-called joint interpretation techniques—will be of essential importance. Engineering geophysics will play an important role during the three phases: geological investigation, tunnel planning, and execution of tunnel construction. If hazards are well known in advance of a tunnel project the safety of workers will essentially be increased and geological risks will be minimized by means of successful and interdisciplinary cooperation.

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  1. Exploration and Geosurvey Division, DMT GmbH & Co. KG, Am Technologiepark 1, 45307, Essen, Germany

    Bodo Lehmann, Dirk Orlowsky & Rüdiger Misiek

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Lehmann, B., Orlowsky, D. & Misiek, R. Exploration of Tunnel Alignment using Geophysical Methods to Increase Safety for Planning and Minimizing Risk. Rock Mech Rock Eng 43, 105–116 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-009-0028-2

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