Detection of cavities in levees caused by the muskrat and other mammals by use of geophysical methods

A wide range of wildlife has their habitat around and within levees or other types of embankment structures. In the Netherlands the burrowing of the muskrat causes internal and external erosion, altering the geometry of the earthen structure. As often century-old embankments protect the densely populated land against the water, the burrowing can...

Analysis of fracture network geometries and orientations within a fold-and-thrust structure in the Northern Apennines, Italy

This research focuses on fracture networks in sedimentary rocks within the Umbria-Marche fold-and-thrust belt in the Northern Apennines, Italy. The aim of this research is twofold, namely to correlate the geometry of fracture networks with tectonic position and lithology and to correlate the orientation of fracture networks with the origination...