GROUND RESISTIVITY SURVEY IN THE AREA OF THE TENNESSEE-TOMBIGEE WATERWAY

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENTS WERE MADE ON THE GROUND IN THE AREA OF THE PROPOSED TENNESSEE TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY IN THE VICINITY OF FULTON, MISSISSIPPI. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT WAS TO DETERMINE IF ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY SURVEYS COULD BE USED TO ADVANTAGE IN EXPLORATION REQUIRED FOR THE CANAL SECTION. IN GENERAL IN THIS AREA A LAYER OF FINE-GRAINED MATERIAL OVERLIES SANDS AND GRAVELS. IN MOST OF THE AREA A BENTONITIC LAYER IS SITUATED AT A DEPTH FROM 10 TO 90 FT BELOW THE SURFACE. THE CONCLUSION WAS REACHED THAT AN AIRBORNE RESISTIVITY SURVEY WOULD PROBABLY MAP THE FINE-GRAINED TOP LAYER WITHIN CLASSES OF 0-1 M, 1-5 M, AND MORE THAN 5 M THICK. CLEAN, EXTENSIVE GRAVEL LAYERS WOULD ALSO BE DETECTED.

• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

  72 Lyme Road
  Hanover, NH  United States  03755-1290
• Authors:
  • Hoekstra, P
  • Delaney, A J
• Publication Date: 1973-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 17 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 191

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerial surveying; Fine grained soils; Geological surveying; Gravel; Measurement; Resistivity method; Soils
• Old TRIS Terms: Aerial surveys
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00230340
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Special
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 28 1974 12:00AM