Geophysics as a Tool for Delineating Cavities in Proposed Residential Site – A Case Study

E044 GEOPHYSICS AS A TOOL FOR DELINEATING CAVITIES IN PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL SITE – A CASE STUDY. Abstract INTRODUCTION: 1 H.A. BAKER M. DJEDDI M. HAMOUDI. F. KHALDAOUI and BENHAMAM K. Department of Geophysics FSTGAT – USTHB BP 32 Algiers Algeria It is a known fact that the presence of cavities cracks and buried channels in sites of urban or industrial construction is regard as very dangerous particularly in the absence of any location maps. Therefore to locate these structures and to specify their exact forms become the priority of civil and environmental engineers. The presence of karsts in the Limestone