Geologic Conditions
Surface and borehole geophysical surveys can be used to characterize various geologic features or conditions relevent to engineering, geotechnical or environmental considerations.
Depending upon site conditions, various seismic, electrical, ground penetrating radar, and magnetic geophysical methods can be used to characterize buried stream channels, faults, landslides, voids, localized groundwater seepage zones, and anomalous rock conditions. The findings of these surveys can supplement investigations and/or studies for:
Land-use planning
to optimize facility placement and avoid potential hazards
Siting of critical structures
such as hospitals, schools, bridges, dams, etc.
Avoiding adverse subsurface conditions
for new construction or upgrading of older facilitiesEnvironmental remediation
for the optimal placement of monitoring or extraction wells, soil probes, etc.Planning of subsequent geologic or environmental surveys or audits
such as determining the placement of testpits, exploratory boreholes, drilling depths, sample intervals, etc.
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