Detecting high-contrast seismic anomalies using cross-borehole probing

Journal Article · Thu Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1984 · IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.1984.350599· OSTI ID:6237417

Lytle, R J; Portroff, M R

Seismic probing between boreholes is useful for locating high-contrast geophysical anomalies such as an abandoned tunnel. Theoretical studies of continuous wave (CW) seismic wave interaction with a tunnel show that both the signal minima and the phase structure of the received signal can be used for locating the anomaly. The theoretical studies show that as the source and receiver are lowered in separate boreholes straddling the anomaly, the signal minima and the phase structure can be interpreted to yield both the lateral and vertical positions of the anomaly. Plane waves of compressional, horizontally polarized shear, and vertically polarized shear wave types incident on a cylindrical horizontal anomaly have been considered. The total seismic field has been calculated using an exact formulation. The variation of the response is studied as a function of the ratio of anomaly diameter to wavelength. The resulting fields in the receiver borehole are an effective diagnostic when a wavelength in the surrounding medium is less than or equal to the diameter of the anomaly. These results are analogous to the corresponding electromagnetic case which has been studied previously.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550
• OSTI ID: 6237417
• Journal Information: IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens.; (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens.; (United States) Vol. GE-22:2; ISSN IGRSD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ABANDONED SHAFTS
ANOMALOUS DIMENSION
BOREHOLE LINKING
CAVITIES
DETECTION
FUNCTIONS
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MINE SHAFTS
RESPONSE FUNCTIONS
SCALE DIMENSION
SEISMIC ARRAYS
SEISMIC DETECTION
SEISMIC DETECTORS
SEISMIC SOURCES
SEISMIC SURVEYS
SEISMIC WAVES
SHAFT EXCAVATIONS
SONIC LOGGING
SURVEYS
WAVE PROPAGATION
WAVELENGTHS
WELL LOGGING