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Titel |
Geophysical exploration in vicinity of the Unicorn Cave, South Harz Mountains, Germany |
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Georg Kaufmann, Douchko Romanov, Ralf Nielbock |
Konferenz |
EGU General Assembly 2010
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Artikel
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Englisch
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In: GRA - Volume 12 (2010) |
Datensatznummer |
250033428
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Zusammenfassung |
The Unicorn Cave in the southern Harz Mountains in Germany is located in an outcrop of dolomite from the Zechstein formation, which is underlain by Grauwacke rocks. The cave, about 600 meters long, consists of several large chambers, which are connected by a gallery following the main fault alignments in E/W, NE/SW, and NW/SE direction. The overburden of the cave is shallow, between 10 and 30 m. We have used this cave site to perform a sensitivity test for both gravimetric and geoelectic methods above the cave. Additionally, geoelectic mapping has been used to assess the thickness of the cave sediments in one of the chambers. Our results show a clear signal in the Bouguer anomaly, which can only be explained by a combined model of the void space and the sediment filling. Geoelectric results are less clear, but support the gravimetry. |
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