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Monitoring of seepages around dams using geophysical methods: a brief review

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АДАГУНОДО Т.А.Физический факультет Университета Ковенанта, г. Ота, Нигерия
КАЙОДЕ О.Т.Физический факультет, отделение геофизики, Университет «Ковенант», г. Ота, штат Огун, Нигерия
ОДУКОЙЯ А.М.Факультет наук о Земле, Университет Лагоса, г. Лагос, штат Лагос, Нигерия
АДЕНИДЖИ А.А.Факультет физики и солнечной энергии, Университет Боуэна, г. Иво, штат Осун, Нигерия

Abstract: We present a slightly abridged and adapted translation of the report "Monitoring of seepages around dams using geophysical methods: a brief review" by Nigerian specialists (Kayode et al., 2018) at the 2nd International Conference on Science and Sustainable Development. The proceedings of that conference were published in the corresponding collection of the series "IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science". The series is issued by the publishing company of the British scientific society "Institute of Physics" (IOP) that is now virtually international. The original work, which was used for the translation, is an open access paper under the CC BY 3.0 license that allows it to be distributed, translated, and adapted, provided that the types of changes are noted and the original source is referred to. In our case, the full reference to the original paper (Kayode et al., 2018), which was used for the translation, is given in the end. The slow escape of a liquid or gas through a porous material or small openings is called seepage. It is a process of seeping in soil engineering whereby water in soils move. Seepages often pose a grave problem in building foundations and also a common problem in earth dams (dams are structures built to retain water/fluild) due to abnormal or excessive leakage. Seepage through or around dams have been responsible for most dam failures. Dam failures are usually catastrophic with many fatalities and causing the destruction of infrastructure and properties. Therefore, monitoring of seepage through and around dams becomes a necessity to maintain dam stability. This paper reviews the geophysical techniques which have been considered for the monitoring and control of seepages around dams. The main field of application of this investigation is subjected to site characterization and foundation quality assurance.
 

Keywords: earth dam; seepage; damage; failure; seepage monitoring; geophysical methods; electrical resistivity tomography; self-potential method; induced polarization method.

DOI: 10.58339/2949-0677-2025-7-4-82-88
UDC: 550.837; 627.8.059

 

For citation: Kayode O.T., Odukoya A.M., Adagunodo T.A., Adeniji A.A. Monitoring fil'tratsii v predelakh i vokrug plotin s ispol'zovaniem geofizicheskikh metodov: kratkii obzor (per. s angl.) [Monitoring of seepages around dams using geophysical methods: a brief review (translation from English into Russian)] // Geoinfo. 2025. T. 7. № 4. S. 82–88. DOI:10.58339/2949-0677-2025-7-4-82-88 (in Rus.).
 

Funding: No information
 

Authors:
Kayode O.T.
Department of Physics, Geophysics Unit, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria
 

Odukoya A.M.
Department of Geosciences, University of Lagos, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
 

Adagunodo T.A.
Department of Physics, Geophysics Unit, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria
 

Adeniji A.A.
Department of Physics and Solar Energy, Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria

 

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