Application of hydrogeological and geophysical methods to delineate leakage pathways in an earth fill dam

Sung-Ho Song; Yoonho Song; Byung-Doo Kwon

doi:10.1071/EG05092

ISSN: 0812-3985
E-ISSN: 1834-7533

Application of hydrogeological and geophysical methods to delineate leakage pathways in an earth fill dam
Authors Sung-Ho Song^a, Yoonho Song^b and Byung-Doo Kwon^c
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^a Korea Agricultural and Rural Infrastructure Corporation, 1031-7, Sa-dong, , Sangrok-gu, , Ansan, , 426-170, , Korea, Tel: +82-345-400-1857, Fax: +82-345-409-6055, Email: [email protected] ^b Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, 30 Gajeong-dong, , Yuseong-gu, , Daejeon, , 305-350, , Korea ^c Dept. of Earth Science Education, Seoul National University, 56-1 Sillim-dong, , Kwanak-gu, , Seoul, , 151-742, , Korea
Publisher: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Source: Exploration Geophysics, Volume 36, Issue 1, Mar 2005, p. 73 - 77
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/EG05092
- Received: 29 Jul 2004
- Accepted: 02 Nov 2004
- Published online: 01 Mar 2005

Abstract

Comprehensive field surveys, including various hydrogeological and geophysical methods, were carried out to appraise the applicability of those methods to a leakage problem at the Sandong earth fill dam in southwestern Korea. The methods applied in the field site were tracer tests, monitoring of drawdown and leakage with discharge of reservoir water, electrical resistivity surveys using the dipole-dipole array, self-potential (SP), and temperature logging methods. The leakage pattern in the reservoir wall was demonstrated by hydrogeological methods and was further clarified by the geophysical surveys. Leakage turned out to be through the right abutment of the reservoir wall. In this study, we confirmed that the electrical resistivity method is effective in detecting the zones favorable to leakage, and SP methods are useful for delineating the leakage pathways themselves, because leaks generate strong streaming-potential anomalies.

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Keyword(s): drawdown; electrical resistivity; geophysical survey; hydrogeological approach; leakage; self-potential

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