We are pleased to start 2015 by submitting two new research papers as co-authors: both focus on three-dimensional electrical resistivity tomography and were submitted to Natural Hazards and The Scientific World Journal.
For Natural Hazards we have just completed the second review of "Investigation on a landslide-prone slope by means of three-dimensional electrical resistivity tomography": here we are co-authors along with Alessia Viero (Research Institute for Hydrogeological Protection, National Research Council), Antonio Galgaro and Anna Breda (Department of Geosciences, University of Padova), Roberto G. Francese (National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics - OGS).
This paper presents the results of the Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) along with detailed topographical surveys at the Cinque Torri site (Eastern Dolomites, Italy), affected in 2004 by a collapse belonging to the deep seated gravitational slope deformations (DSGSDs). The ERT survey was carried out in order to define the slope setting down to a depth of about 60 m below the surface and particularly address the location of the major faults and the lithological contact geometries.The work was a challenge both in terms of acquisition and of data processing, given the complex geomorphological context that required an extremely detailed Finite Elements mesh for site modeling.
The second paper, submitted to The Scientific World Journal is titled "Assessment of the efficiency of consolidation treatment through injections of expanding resins by geotechnical tests and 3D Electrical Resistivity Tomography" and derives from the long term collaboration with Geosec Srl that involved us in a research project on a full-scale test site together with colleagues from the Department of Earth Sciences "Ardito Desio", University of Milan, Department of Civil, Environmental Engineering and Architecture of University of Cagliari and the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara. Specifically, the research has been addressed at understanding the complex processes induced in the soil during the injection of expanding resins for consolidation purposes, through the combination of geophysical surveys and geotechnical tests.
Many thanks to the friends who asked us to get involved in these research projects and "Happy 2015" to all!
