Development of monitoring gravimetric survey method for studying karst processes

Abstract

Within the framework of solving the fundamental issue of ensuring the safety of mining camps, mines, and vital functioning of the population, a methodology and a software algorithmic apparatus have been developed for processing and interpreting monitoring gravimetric observations which are aimed at identifying karst areas in the massif. A complex of prospective geophysical works aimed at detecting areas with intensive development of karst processes has been tested. The authors of the project carried out experimental methodological geophysical works including high-precision gravimetric observations on the territory of the Verkhnekamskoye potash deposit. These works were carried out to test various options for the field work methodology on specific geological objects. In a broader sence, the results of the work are an example of a wide approbation of an advanced research methodology aimed at predicting the destructive consequences of karst-suffusion process