Interpretation of Electrical Resistivity Tomogram with Contents of Clay Minerals for the Land Creeping Area

Jeong-In Kim; Ji-Soo Kim; Sun-Joong Lee; Kyoung-Seo Cho; Jong-Woo Kim

doi:10.9720/kseg.2021.2.187

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Interpretation of Electrical Resistivity Tomogram with Contents of Clay Minerals for the Land Creeping Area 점토광물 함유량을 고려한 땅밀림 산사태 지역의 전기비저항 자료의 해석

30 June 2021. pp. 187-197

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Abstract

Clay mineral content of weathered zone is a key parameter for landslide studies. Electrical resistivity tomography is usually performed to delineate the geometry of complex landslides and to identify the sliding surface. In clay-bearing weathered zone, parallel resistivity Archie equation is employed to investigate the effect of conductivity added (resistivity reduced) by clay minerals of kaolinite and montmorillonite, which is dependent on their specific surface area and cation exchange capacities (CEC). A decrease of overall resistivity and apparent formation factor is observed with increasing pore-water resistivity, significantly in montmorillonite. Formation factor is found decreased with increasing porosity and decreasing cementation factor. Parallel Archie equation was applied to the electrical resistivity data from the test area (Sinjindo-ri, Taean-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea) which experienced land creeping in the year of 2014. A panel test with varying clay-mineral contents provides the best fit section when the theoretical section constructed with the assumed contents approaches the field section, from which the clay-mineral content of the weathered zone is estimated to be approximately 10%. Resistivity interpretation schemes including the clay mineral contents for land creeping studies explored in this paper can be challenged more when porosity, saturation, and pore-water resistivity are provided and they are included in the numerical resistivity modeling.

Keywords

clay mineral

electric resistivity

land creeping

parallel resistivity Archie equation

산사태 연구에서 풍화대 안에 분포하는 점토광물의 함유량은 매우 중요한 요소이다. 산사태 발생과 관련된 지하 구조를 파악하고 미끌림 면을 확인하기 위해 일반적으로 지구물리탐사를 수행하는데 특히 전기비저항 단면이 많이 사용된다. 이 연구에서는 풍화대에 분포하는 카올리나이트와 몬모릴로나이트와 같은 점토광물에 의한 전기전도도의 증가효과(전기비저항의 감소효과)를 해석하기 위해 병렬모델 아치의 방정식을 이용하였다. 점토의 전기전도도는 광물의 종류 및 그 비표면적과 양이온 교환능력에 따라 달라진다. 간극수의 전기비저항이 증가함에 따라 매질의 전체 비저항과 지층인자는 작아지는데 카올리나이트에 비해 몬모릴로나이트가 훨씬 작게 나타난다. 또한 공극률이 커지고, 고결인자가 작아질수록 지층인자가 감소하는 것으로 나타난다. 점토광물에 대한 병렬모델 아치의 방정식을 현장자료에 적용하기 위해 2014년 땅밀림 산사태가 일어난 충남 태안 신진도리에서 수집되어 처리 ‧ 해석된 전기비저항자료를 사용하였다. 기존의 실험식에서 카올리나이트의 함유량에 따라 결정되는 계수들을 활용하여 풍화대의 전기비저항 값들을 계산하고 이들을 전기비저항 수치모델링에 포함시켰다. 점토 함유량을 변화시켜 만든 여러 개의 이론자료들 중에서 현장자료와 가장 근접하는 모델자료를 선택하여 이에 입력된 점토 함유량 10%를 이 지역의 풍화대에 대한 점토 함유량으로 추정하였다. 땅밀림 연구에서 처음 시도된 전기비저항 자료를 이용한 점토 함유량의 추정기법은 차후 점토 함유량 외에 전기비저항에 영향을 미치는 다른 인자(공극률, 포화도, 간극수의 전기비저항)들에 대한 자료를 확보하고 이들을 수치모델링에 먼저 포함시켜 수행할 때 더욱 그 신뢰성은 더욱 높아질 것으로 기대된다.

키워드

점토광물

전기비저항

땅밀림

병렬모델 아치의 식

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Publisher :Korean Society of Engineering Geology
Publisher(Ko) :대한지질공학회
Journal Title :The Journal of Engineering Geology
Journal Title(Ko) :지질공학
Volume : 31
No :2
Pages :187-197
Received Date : 2021-03-23
Accepted Date : 2021-04-07
DOI :https://doi.org/10.9720/kseg.2021.2.187

The Journal of Engineering Geology ISSN:1226-5268(Print) 2287-7169(Online) 지질공학

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