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Geoinformatika 2015; 4(56) : 52-59 (in Ukrainian)

APPLICATION OF GEOPHYSICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN SOLVING VARIOUS PROBLEMS
OF TECHNOGENIC SAFETY

P.I. Pigulevskiy2, V.K. Svystun1, S.P. Pakhomov1, O.K. Tyapkin3, A.S. Kyryliuk3

1Dnepropetrovsk geophysical expedition “Dneprogeofizika” SGE “Ukrgeofizika”, 1 Geophysical Str.,
Dnepropetrovsk 49057, Ukraine, e-mail:dpge@ukr.net
2Institute of Geophysics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 32 Palladin Ave., Kyiv 03680, Ukraine,
e-mail:pigulev@ua.fm
3Institute for Nature Management Problems and Ecology of NAS of Ukraine, 6 Moscovskaya Str.,
Dnepropetrovsk 49000, Ukraine, e-mail:ippe-main@svitonline.com

Purpose. The purpose of the paper is to investigate the possibility of effective application of geophysical methods for detection and mapping in the areas of active mining of mineral deposits (with open-pit or mining methods), sites of common natural and man-made cavities and areas of possible formation of craters; to carry out experimental geophysical investigations on the territory of the Kryvyi Rih iron ore basin.
Design/methodology/approach. Experimental studies were carried out using audio-magneto-telluric sounding (AMTS) and resonance-acoustic profiling (RAP). AMTS works were done in the frequency range from 1 to 10 000 Gts with station MTU-5A Canadian company “Phoenix” on the profiles located above the estimated cavities and weak intervals (fractured zones). Five components of the electromagnetic field (Ex, Ey, Hx, Hy, Hz) were recorded. The duration of a single-recording was 15 minutes. The RAP measurements were carried out by a hardware complex RAP-2008 at a sampling rate of 2000 Hz signal, the length of the recorded signal being 8,192 responses.
Findings. Anomalous zones associated with the presence of man-made cavities represented as long abandoned mine workings were discovered and mapped within the surveyed area on the landfill of waste disposal of building materials at the Kryvyi Rih Coke Plant. The places of potential craters above them were detected. Identification of the areas of possible crater formation was carried out with low resistance (1–10 Ohm·m) using AMTS method, and with morphology of the areas of high gradients of the frequency spectra for RAP-sections. Detection of prospective areas of underground cavities and the resulting decompressed zones was conducted with a high resistance of 200 to 1000 Ohm·m using AMTS method and with structural characteristics of the frequency spectrum and amplitude (RAP method). The results show that the mine workings had an intense impact on the environment, triggering “neotectonic” processes and changing the hydrodynamic conditions of the underground and ground water. These changes caused an intense differentiation of physical-mechanical properties of the geological environment and zones formation, weakness leading to drawdown in the projections to their surface.
Practical value/implications. The proposed technology permits to quickly detect and map the areas of crater formation and underground cavities of natural and anthropogenic origin within urban agglomerations. Recommendations should be given to urban development organizations on developing the area over exhaust underground workings and near large open pits.

Keywords: Kryvyi Rih basin, cavity, crater, audio-magneto-telluric sounding (AMTS), resonance-acoustic profiling (RAP).

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