TITLE:
Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of Dam Structures of Kazakhstan on example of Aktobe and Karatomar Water Storage Basins
AUTHORS:
Zhumabek Zhantayev, Baurzhan Kurmanov, Nikolai Breusov, Shigayev Dauren, Kirsanov Alexandr
KEYWORDS:
Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR); Hydraulic Structures; Anomalous Zones; Dam; Decompression Zone; Areas of High Humidity
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Geology,
Vol.3 No.2B,
October
22,
2013
ABSTRACT:
Ground penetrating radar surveys of technical condition
of Karatomar and Aktobe water storage basins on the river Tobol
are shown. In this article we have shown that dams have problems with cavities
and identified longitudinal dimensions of anomalous zones of decompression.