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Types and genesis of induced polarization anomalies in the water-rich structures of the Taian karst area

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From December 2010 to April 2011, agricultural production in North China and Huang-Huai basin experienced difficulties because of severe drought. Based on samples from the development of deep karst groundwater resources, a set of laws has been established to reflect the types and genesis of induced polarization (IP) anomalies in a range of water-rich karst structures in Taian area. The curves of IP anomalies in the water-rich structures can be classified into ramps, slow downs, low-resistance platforms and low-resistance V patterns. IP anomalies observed in apparent resistivities contours can be classified as low-resistance steps, low-resistance gradients and low-resistance U patterns. In water-rich areas hosted mainly in caves, IP anomalies include low-apparent resistivity, low-visible polarization, low half decay time, low attenuation and low multi-parameter synchroneity. These water-rich areas mainly consist of fault structures, where the IP anomalies have a low-apparent resistivity and low-vision polarization, and exhibit relatively long half decay time, maximum attenuation value exceptions, apparent resistivities and multi-parameter “reverse phase” anomalies.

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Acknowledgments

This project was funded by the China Geological Survey (Project no. 1212011220193 and Project no. [2011] 02-61-04). The authors would like to thank the expert Editors and Reviews’ for their pertinent comments and hard work.

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  1. Karst Dynamics Laboratory, MLR and GZAR, Institute of Karst Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 50 Qixing Rd, Guilin, Guangxi, 541004, China

    Yi-xiang Chen, Fu-ping Gan, Yu-ling Chen, Cong-hui Wu, Ji-yi Wei & Chen-jie Lu

  2. School of Nuclear Engineering and Geophysical Exploration, East China Institute of Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330013, China

    Cong-hui Wu

  3. Guangxi General Team of Geological Exploration, Center of China Building Material Industry, Guilin, Guangxi, 541002, China

    Pan Ke

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Chen, Yx., Gan, Fp., Chen, Yl. et al. Types and genesis of induced polarization anomalies in the water-rich structures of the Taian karst area. Environ Earth Sci 74, 1047–1059 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-015-4065-8

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