Application of the multichannel self-potential method to detection of seepage from mine tailings impoundments

该项目将使用现代多通道地球物理数据采集系统来研究尾矿库自然电位测量的短期和长期变化。该项目将使用自然电位法检测通过坝壁的流体渗流路径，并将使用数值模型对渗漏率进行定量估计。该项目的主要成果将是对自然电位法在运行中的矿山环境中绘制渗漏图的实用性进行严格评估，并建造通过大坝的流体流动路径，以指导未来的补救工作。

This project will use a modern multichannel geophysical data acquisition system to study short and long-term variations in self-potential measurements at a tailings dam. The project will use the self-potential method to detect fluid seepage paths through the dam wall, and will use numerical models to make quantitative estimates of seepage rates. The major outcomes of the project will be a rigorous appraisal of the utility of the self-potential method for mapping seepage in an operating mine environment, and construction of fluid flow paths through the dam which can be used to guide future remediation work.