The Searching For Sources Of Man-Made Problems By Method Of Vertical Electrical Sounding

Technogenic development of cities, megacities and adjacent territories is an urgent issue of our time. Exploration is carried out before each construction – it is engineering geological surveys, typically represented by well drilling. This method is the most accurate, however at the same time one of the most expensive and, as often, and hard to perform in tight spaces unlike of geophysical methods. We present an electroprospecting method that shows how vertical electrical sounding (VES) displays steady-state groundwater level and defines the boundaries of the old quarry (filled with surface man-made soil) where the clay was mined and in which groundwater subsequently accumulated. The presentation of the results of the vertical electrical sounding in the form of a research section-profile provides a more complete picture than one-point sounding. For this, 19 measurements were made at each of 5 sounding points. After the interpretation of research data and comparing them with the drilling data conclusions about the similarity of the data were made. This method may be applicable to contouring and searching for anomalies and discontinuities under the surface of the earth.