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Geo- S cience based Monitoring of Flood Protection Levees: Past, Present, and Future
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Geo-Science based Monitoring of Flood Protection Levees:
Past, Present, and Future
Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East Nunez Community College Auditorium
3700 Fenelon St. ChalmetteDec. 15, 2011
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* movie
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•Goals, Strategy and Execution
•Field Work
•Public Awarenes
•Seismic lessons learned
•Goals for coming year
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Goals
Use a predictive approach to the monitor flood protection levees that is inexpensive, complementary and involves students.
Weak foundation soils- peat, pressurized sand ? --NOT TO SCALE--
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“To Monitor, Prevent and Educate”
Weak material?
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Strategy
Geo-science Models ...
Prediction based on past experience
Weak foundation soils- peat, pressurized sand ? --NOT TO SCALE--
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piping
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~16 m
(Adapted from Rogers et al., 2008;Nelson, 2006)
W E
~6m
N S
17th St Canal Breach
sand
sand
~6-9.00 a.m., Aug. 29, 2005
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Sedimentary Facies
Saucier 1994
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Geotechnical Facies
(Adapted from Saucier, 1994)
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Look at natural soil conditions beneath the levee: Non-invasively, quickly & cheaply:
Strategy
• 17th St Canal – peat (Rogers, 2008)• London Avenue Canal – sand (Nelson, 2005)
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Execution
How does the oil and gas industry discover oil?
• Drill holes?
• Systematically collect new data (geophysical, geochemical, geotechnical)?
• Study the regional geology of an area?
In such a large system, look for a cluster of problems/ hot spots/ anomalies:
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Execution
How does the oil and gas industry find oil and gas?
• LAST Drill holes? (most expensive, $100 M) Get detailed local information to produce
• Collect data remotely ($10 M)? Get leads and run probability models
• FIRST Study the geological context of an area/big picture ?
• least expensive $1M • predictive models• Big picture
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Field WorkOct. 14, Field visits and GPR with UNONov 13, 2009
Shear wave comparisons Lake Villa levee seep (5 graduates and undergraduates)
Nov. 17, 2009
Jan 14-15, 2010 17th St. Canal pseudo-walkaway testsSeismic shear source profile at 17th St. Canal Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2010 Breach ( D. Pipkin Geol. undergraduate, J. Crane – graduate student)
December, 9, 2010 Trials of high-frequency GPR at London Avenue Canal by UNO
January, 13-15, 2011 Trials of low-frequency GPR at 17th St Avenue Canal Breach (5 undergraduates ) Seismic Microtremor Profile collected at 17th St Avenue Canal Breach (J. Crane, grad.)
May 23-26, 2011 Seismic Microtremor Profile collected along road in front of 17th St Avenue Canal Breach, and Chalmette river levee(D. Schneider, grad. , S. Ates ugrad.)
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Synergy
• Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority – West and East
• National Science Foundation student support for 3 years of graduate school (Jason Hicks, M.Sc., 2011)
• Chairman’s support from College of Charleston for Prof. S. Jaume time and seismological expertise.
• UNO-LSU Group for monitoring group is supported with scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students by the New Orleans Geological Society, the American Petroleum Institute, Southeastern Geophysical Society (Chapter of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists)
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Picture below, from left to right, Andrew Ranson, president of the UNO AAPG Student Chapter, (for M.Sc.,UNO) Hiranya Sahoo (for Ph.D., UNO) and Prof. Ken Holladay (UNO) conducting a test GPR survey at the 17th St. Canal Breach on a cold January day this year.
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Public AwarenessJuly 15, 2010
Live display of Seismic levee monitoring equipment at the 3rd Annual Geological Facts of Life Symposium, New Orleans.
November, 2010
Devin Villegas* (ugrad, UNO) starts to design website
December 16, 2010James Crane* (for Ph.D., 2013; LSU) presents the newly developed seismic gun for seismic levee monitoring at the international meeting of the American Geophysical Union (http://www.geol.lsu.edu/jlorenzo/Abstracts/NOLA.html)
Dec. 2011: M.Sc. Hicks, J.*, 2011 Investigation into the Cause of Earthen Embankment Instability Along the "V-line" Artificial Levee in Marrero, Louisiana, US., M.Sc., Dept. Geology and Geophysics, LSU August 30, 2011 (Download his thesis at: etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-08302011-110325/).
* scholarship recipients
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Public Awareness
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http://lmg.uno.edu/
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http://lmg.uno.edu/
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http://lmg.uno.edu/
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Seismic Lessons Learned
• Two techniques are better than one:Active (traditional) source is more reliable than passive “city-noise” but are complementaryIntegrate seismic and borehole data.
• Surface wave complements conventional reflection and refraction modes.
• New tools are needed: Landstreamer works best on soft soil base is efficient.
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“DRY” “WET” 24“WET”
~171 m/s
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wet
dry
wetdry
“URBAN -NOISE” Method
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Shear wave source
• Shear source attached to ground by steel spikes
• Produces SH waves perpendicular to the line of fire
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Landstreamer (Faster Seismic) Acquisition
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200 400 600 800 1000m
depth (m)
Ratio of Seismic Wave Velocities
NW SE
higher saturation
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J. Hicks (2012) Master’s Thesis Conclusions
• From Cone Penetration Test data and a sedimentary facies
maps the “V-line” levee in made using materials with large
amounts of organic clay and peat and was built upon
materials with large amounts of organic clay and peat
• The highest content of organic clay and peat are near the
area of instability
• The high content of organic clay and peat within and
beneath the levee may be a cause of levee instability
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Study Area Fault Pattern
Dunbar 2008
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“V-line” Levee Crack
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Slope Failure Types
Chen 2000
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Cone Penetration Test (CPT) Procedure
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“V-line” Levee Cross-Section
NESW
Berm Level
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Goals in 2012Demonstrate efficiency• Run 500-m profile using active H and Z source
Integrate Ideas• IDEAL site: truck access on either side of levee,
CPT data, boring descriptions
Obtain Recognition• Submit manuscript to Journal of Engineering
Geology
Pursue additional funding:from USACE (ERDC)planning groupsinsurance groupsprofessional societies
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