IDENTIFYING SAND BLOW VENTS AND OTHER SUBSURFACE GEOLOGICAL FEATURES USING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR AND ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY

Identifier

3753

Author

Trevor Thomas Satterfield

Date

2016

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Earth Sciences

Concentration

Geophysics

Abstract

Aerial photographs suggest the presence of numerous sand blows in southern Arkansas but few of the sites have been investigated. Limited work involving trenching, conductivity surveys, and cone penetration tests verify the presence of sand blows in two locations, Ashley County and Desha County. A third location in Lincoln County, called the Phenix site, has received little attention. In the study, ground penetrating radar (GPR) and electrical resistivity survey (ER) have been used to investigate sand blow vents at the Morgan site located in Ashley County and the Phenix site. Nine sand blow vents were detected in total but wet weather conditions diminighed data quality at the Phenix site, illustrating the advantage of conducting surveys under dry conditions. Use of GOR and ER removes most of the guesswork involved in detecting and documenting the presence of sand blows and reduces the time and expense involved in experimental trenching.

Comments

Data is provided by the student

Library Comment

Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to the local University of Memphis Electronic Theses and dissertation (ETD) repository.

Recommended Citation

Satterfield, Trevor Thomas, "IDENTIFYING SAND BLOW VENTS AND OTHER SUBSURFACE GEOLOGICAL FEATURES USING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR AND ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY" (2016). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2377.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/etd/2377