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    Ground-penetrating radar was used to investigate subsidence near a house in Valdosta, Georgia. Two areas on the property were scanned in addition to the 29 x 51 meter grid around the house. Soil samples and radar profiles identified anomalies corresponding to subsidence in the grid near the house. GPR software was used to create 3D models showing subsurface depth anomalies. The investigation concluded that two other areas on the property were underlain by more stable sand and clay and less prone to subsidence than the house site.

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    Ground-penetrating radar was used to investigate subsidence near a house in Valdosta, Georgia. Two areas on the property were scanned in addition to the 29 x 51 meter grid around the house. Soil samples and radar profiles identified anomalies corresponding to subsidence in the grid near the house. GPR software was used to create 3D models showing subsurface depth anomalies. The investigation concluded that two other areas on the property were underlain by more stable sand and clay and less prone to subsidence than the house site.

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    Ground-penetrating radar was used to investigate subsidence near a house in Valdosta, Georgia. Two areas on the property were scanned in addition to the 29 x 51 meter grid around the house. Soil samples and radar profiles identified anomalies corresponding to subsidence in the grid near the house. GPR software was used to create 3D models showing subsurface depth anomalies. The investigation concluded that two other areas on the property were underlain by more stable sand and clay and less prone to subsidence than the house site.

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    Ground-penetrating radar was used to investigate subsidence near a house in Valdosta, Georgia. Two areas on the property were scanned in addition to the 29 x 51 meter grid around the house. Soil samples and radar profiles identified anomalies corresponding to subsidence in the grid near the house. GPR software was used to create 3D models showing subsurface depth anomalies. The investigation concluded that two other areas on the property were underlain by more stable sand and clay and less prone to subsidence than the house site.

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    Ground-Penetrating Radar Investigation of Subsidence

    in Covered Karst near Valdosta


    Abstract
    WeemployedGroundPenetratingRadar(GPR)to
    investigateahouselotinaruralareaWestof
    Valdostaatwhichsubsidencehadoccurred.
    Subsurfaceanomalieswereidentifiedina29x51
    mgridwhichabuttedthehouse.Twootherareas
    onthesamepropertywerealsoinvestigatedto
    identifylocationswhichhadfewersubsurface
    anomaliesandmightbelesspronetosubsidence
    thanthecurrenthousesite.Thelandsurfaceon
    thepropertyisvariablymantledbyindurated
    sandatthetopoftheHawthorneGroupinthe
    localgeology.Soilaugersamplestakenfrom
    withinthegridcorrespondtodifferencesinradar
    wavevelocityalongspecificprofiles.Theentire
    gridof29profileswascombinedtoprepare
    TimeSlicemaps,whichcanthenbeimagedin
    asingle3Dblockdiagram.TimeSliceGPRanalysis
    showspromiseforestimatingthelikelihoodof
    subsidenceintheValdostaarea.

    BenjaminDavis,DepartmentofPhysics,Astronomy,andGeosciences
    FacultySponsor:DonaldM.Thieme

    Watkinssite
    Theareanorthofthehousesite(WAT)isthelocation
    ofthe29x51mgridwherethisinvestigation
    identifiedsubsidencerelatedtothestructuraldamage
    tothehouseitself.Twoareastothesouthandwestof
    theoriginalhousewereinvestigatedaslocations
    whichtheownerwasinterestedinmovinghishouse
    to.

    GroundPenetratingRadar(GPR)
    GPRisanactivegeophysicaltechniqueusingtheradiofrequencyportionofElectromagnetic
    spectrumatwavelengthsfrom0.3to3000m.InthepresentstudyweusedaMAL100MHz
    GPRSystem.Changesinsedimenttypeordegreeofcompactionarerecordedwhenthe
    radarwaveisreflectedbacktotheantenna.Areasofsubsidencesuchassinkholesinkarst
    regionscanbeidentified.GPRresultsfortheWatkinspropertyprovidestrongevidencefor
    thesubsidencewhichalreadyaffectedthehousesite.

    GPRSoftware
    GPRprofileswerecollectedinthe
    fieldusingRAMACGroundvision GPR
    Measurementsoftwareinorderto
    make2Dimages.WeusedGPRSlice
    softwaretoturnour2Dimagesinto
    3Dmodelstogenerateavisible
    degreeofdepthofsubsidenceonthe
    Watkinsproperty.

    Conclusion
    Inconclusion,werantwofieldinvestigationswhereweidentifiedmultiplesubsurface
    anomaliestrendingbeneathandaroundthefoundationofthehouseusingGround
    PenetratingRadar(GPR).Followingourfieldworkwedeterminedthatthetwonewlotsthat
    werescannedusingGPRwererestingontopofinduratedsandandclayoftheHawthorne
    Groupwhichismorestable.

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