Version 1
: Received: 25 May 2023 / Approved: 26 May 2023 / Online: 26 May 2023 (08:19:35 CEST)
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De Giorgi, L.; Barbolla, D.F.; Torre, C.; Settembrini, S.; Leucci, G. Evaluation of a Ground Subsidence Zone in an Urban Area Using Geophysical Methods. Preprints2023, 2023051891. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1891.v1
De Giorgi, L.; Barbolla, D.F.; Torre, C.; Settembrini, S.; Leucci, G. Evaluation of a Ground Subsidence Zone in an Urban Area Using Geophysical Methods. Preprints 2023, 2023051891. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1891.v1
De Giorgi, L.; Barbolla, D.F.; Torre, C.; Settembrini, S.; Leucci, G. Evaluation of a Ground Subsidence Zone in an Urban Area Using Geophysical Methods. Preprints2023, 2023051891. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1891.v1
APA Style
De Giorgi, L., Barbolla, D.F., Torre, C., Settembrini, S., & Leucci, G. (2023). Evaluation of a Ground Subsidence Zone in an Urban Area Using Geophysical Methods. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1891.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
De Giorgi, L., Stefano Settembrini and Giovanni Leucci. 2023 "Evaluation of a Ground Subsidence Zone in an Urban Area Using Geophysical Methods" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1891.v1
Abstract
The sinking of cavities in urban areas is a very important geological risk to which many towns in Puglia are exposed. The study, mapping, geological and speleological description, classification and cataloging of forms and types of cavities is of fundamental importance for each urban center because it is linked to past local anthropic and natural processes, unique to each site. All this could lead to an enhancement of existing underground cavities in urban areas through conservation and continuous monitoring. Unfortunately in many cases these underground cavities have been used as landfills and subsequently abandoned. One of these cavities at the end of March 2007 collapsed in the inhabited center of Gallipoli causing damage to the structures and fortunately not to human lives. In the area relating to the collapsed cavity, a series of geophysical investigations were undertaken with the use of ground penetrating radar methodology in an attempt to delimit the area of collapse and understand the possible types of interventions for restoring the area. In the same area the measures were repeated 16 years later (December 2022) due to another collapse. The results show a much more widespread danger situation.
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Geophysics and Geology
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