RESEARCH ARTICLE
Comparison between Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Geotechnical Field Data for Characterizing Soil Profiles
Saleh M. Alogla1, *, Omar M. Alawad1, Ahmed F. Elragi1, Sherif Elkholy1, Gamal A. Al-Saadi1, Mohammed Arif1
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2022Volume: 16
E-location ID: e187414952206271
Publisher ID: e187414952206271
DOI: 10.2174/18741495-v16-e2206271
Article History:
Received Date: 17/3/2022Revision Received Date: 31/3/2022
Acceptance Date: 18/4/2022
Electronic publication date: 24/08/2022
Collection year: 2022
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background:
Electrical resistivity tests at a project site could be a valuable economical alternative to typical geotechnical soil exploration and a reliable source of data. In the present study, the soil at a constructed underground water tank site in Qassim Region – Saudi Arabia is investigated using the electrical resistivity testing method.
Objective:
The study aims to compare the results of traditional soil boreholes that were conducted at various stages of the project lifetime with the interpretation of soil resistivity test results.
Methods:
Eight soil boreholes were drilled at the water tank site to capture the nature of soil layers. The electrical resistivity of soil layers at the site is measured and used to investigate the ground subsurface of the project site. The geophysical software, ZondRes2d is utilized to analyze and interpret the collected data.
Results:
Both geotechnical soil boreholes and geophysical electrical resistivity tests revealed similar soil profiles with three main layers comprising of backfill material, clay with expansive nature, and weathered limestone and marl. The results of the electrical resistivity tests are also affirmative of available resistance values of different soils in the literature.
Conclusion:
The study shows that electrical resistivity testing is reliable in capturing the soil nature which presents an attractive tool for preliminary investigation of the soil-related problems of distressed structures.
