Joint research project: dynamics of flooded salt mines and their overburden
Seismic measurements in the town of Stassfurt with vibrator and landstreamer system.
Surface damage caused by mining is a world-wide problem, and well examplified by the situation in Stassfurt. The first potash mines in the world were sunk in 1852 in Stassfurt, and immediately brought wealth to the town in the 19th Century. However approximately 30 years later, the first signs of subsidence occurred, and today large parts of the old town have been destroyed.
The aim of this project is the seismic analysis of the overburden above the collapsed mines.
By means of a 2 D-seismic network, using compression and shear waves, the real material and elastic characteristics of the surface rock structures will be computed. Furthermore the information from the seismic profiles will be combined with that available from boreholes and extrapolated from the surface. The results will be combined with those of our partners.
Project Management
Project team
Boris Garlt
Duration
01.09.2006-30.06.2010
Sponsor
Products & Publications
Partner
Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus (BTU)
Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe Hannover (BGR)
Technische Universität Clausthal (TUC)
Kali-Umwelttechnik GmbH Sondershausen (K-UTEC)
Gesellschaft für Ingenieur-, Hydro-und Umweltgeologie mbH Stendal (IHU)
Gesellschaft für wasserwirtschaftliche Planung und Systemforschung mbH (WASY)
Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JoGU)
Institut für Interdisziplinäre Isotopenforschung an der Universität Leipzig (IIF)