Using the resistivity method for leakage detection in a blind test at the Røssvatn embankment dam test facility in Norway

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 643-658

  Sjodahl P ^a   Dahlin, T ^b   Johansson, S ^a  

^a HydroResearch Sam Johansson AB   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Embankment dam; Internal erosion; Leakage; Modelling; Resistivity; Seepage detection

Indexed keywords

BLIND TEST; DATA INTERPRETATION; DETECTION CAPABILITY; EARLY WARNING; GLACIAL TILL; INTERNAL EROSION; LEAKAGE; LEAKAGE DETECTION; MODELLING; MONITORING APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PERMEABLE MATERIAL; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; RESISTIVITY; ROCK FILLS; SEEPAGE MONITORING;

DEFECTS; EMBANKMENT DAMS; EROSION; MONITORING; SEEPAGE; TEST FACILITIES; TESTING;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

DAM FAILURE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EMBANKMENT DAM; EROSION; LEAKAGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEEPAGE;

NORWAY;

EID: 77958018642     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-010-0314-y     Document Type: Article

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