Frequency Electromagnetic Modelling to Study Moisture Zones in Salt Mines

A016 Frequency electromagnetic modelling to study moisture zones in salt mines 1 G. KURZ (1) R. SCHULZ (2) and U. YARAMANCI (1) (1) Technical University Berlin Dep. of Applied Geophysics Ackerstr. 71 D-13355 Berlin Germany (2) Leibniz Institute for Applied Geosciences Stilleweg 2 D-30655 Hannover Germany [email protected] Abstract To investigate the stability of mining buildings in salt mines (e.g. galleries pillars caverns chambers) detection and observation of moisture zones is necessary. These zones decreases the natural stability of rock salt and are often responsible for collapsing of parts of the mining building. The electromagnetic method is an useful tool for