Analysis of possibilities to study the hydrogeological regime of open pits and underground mining engineering seismic
The article is devoted to the actual problem related to the influence of groundwater on surface and underground mine workings during operation and after the elimination of deposits. Given the significant impact that the ground water and water deeper aquifers have on the development of landslides and subsidence phenomena in mines, the problem is of great scientific and practical importance. Application of geophysics developed for monitoring the state and private fields is still limited, but the possibility of seismic methods in the study of mining are wide enough, primarily because of the ability to determine the physical and mechanical properties of rocks in situ and workings. The article analyzes the theoretical and practical aspects of near-surface seismic methods to study the hydrogeological regime pit. Provides background causing the influence of hydrogeological conditions on the mechanical properties of the pit walls are considered physical and geological models and field materials engineering survey. In this paper we consider a common approach to the dismemberment of layered and gradient media, interpretation locus of the first arrivals and assess the impact of deformation occurring in rocks at the speed of elastic waves.