Geological Society of America

28 D1. Environmental Geoscience (Posters)

Tuesday, 17 April 2018
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
First Floor Lobby

THE APPLICATION OF MASW FOR GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS: STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS

Paper number: 28-1
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM

Authors

Abdullah Alhaj Presenting Author
Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO
Neil Anderson
Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO
Evgeniy Torgashov
Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO

Abstract

The Multichannel Analysis of Surface Wave (MASW) method is a nondestructive seismic method, which is widely used for geotechnical investigations; including but not limited to engineering properties of soil, variable depth to bedrock, or as a supportive geophysical tool with other geophysical tools such as ERT¹, SCPT², Borehole data etc. However, this technique has some drawbacks that can limit its utility such as the short depth of penetration, the invisible thin layers, and the lateral and the vertical averaging of the acquired field data. This study will discuss both the significant strengths and limitations of using MASW for geotechnical investigation.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 50, No. 4

doi: 10.1130/abs/2018NC-313290

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