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- Title
Modeling research on the response of geoelectric fields in a porous media seepage process.
- Authors
Haitao Zhou; Xulong Gong; Qiang Sun; Yahui Yao; Rui Zhang
- Abstract
Water seepage in rock and soil is a main inducing factor of accidents in many engineering fields such as tunnel engineering, mineral resource exploitation, and rock slopes. Water migration in rock and soil can lead to abnormal geoelectric fields due to the effects of diffusion, adsorption, filtration, and oxidation. This makes it possible to research the seepage law in porous media by measuring the response of geoelectric fields in this process. In this work, we carry out a physical simulation experiment to study the geoelectric field response occurring in the water-migration process. By analyzing the response of first electric potential, spontaneous potentials, and exciting current, we find that both the spontaneous potential and exciting current can reflect the change of seepage flow during the water-infiltration process. The exciting current and first electric potential is applicable to the seepage research on heterogeneous rock and soil, for they can accurately determine the position and velocity of the seepage. Real-time apparent resistivity not only indicates the infiltration area but also reflects the relative water content, i.e., the seepage reached saturation along with the reduction of the apparent resistivity.
- Publication
Journal of Geophysics & Engineering, 2017, Vol 14, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1742-2132
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1088/1742-2140/aa5cdc