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Marine geophysics as a risk management tool

Claude Robillard, Robert Perrin

In the proceedings of: GEO2010 Calgary: 63rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 6th Canadian Permafrost Conference

Session: T2-B

ABSTRACT: Marine geophysics is frequently used as a risk management tool when constructing and maintaining structures within marine environments. The geophysical methods most frequently used are sub-bottom profiling, bathymetry, and side-scan sonar. This paper briefly outlines how these methods can be used to manage risk in three cases, a riverbed scour-hole problem near a bridge, a mining engineering application, and a harbor construction application.

RÉSUMÉ: La géophysique marine est souvent utilise comme outil de gestion de risques lors de la construction ou de l'entretien d'infrastructures en environnement marin. Les méthodes les plus couramment utilisées sont celles de profilage, bathymétrie et sonar à balayage latéral. Cet article décrit brièvement chacune des méthodes et présente trois histoires de cas où ces méthodes ont été appliquées : sillon d'érosion dans le lit d'une rivière près de piliers de pont, une application pour un ouvrage de génie minier et finalement une étude de site portuaire.

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Claude Robillard; Robert Perrin (2010) Marine geophysics as a risk management tool in GEO2010. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Geotechnical Society.

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