- journal_title：The Leading Edge
- Contributor：Julian Ivanov ; Birgit Leitner ; William Shefchik ; J. Tyler Shwenk ; Shelby L. Peterie
- Publisher：Society of Exploration Geophysicists
- Date：2013-03-01
- Format：text/html
- Language：en
- Identifier：10.1190/tle32030298.1
- journal_abbrev：The Leading Edge
- issn：1070-485X
- volume：32
- issue：3
- firstpage：298
- section：Special section: Urban geophysics
Subsidence resulting in sinkholes within dissolution mine fields in and around the city of Hutchinson, Kansas, USA (Figure 1) has been reported for more than 90 years. Salt dissolution and the resulting unpredictable upward migration of the dissolution voids can be observed both in proximity to well bores (dissolution mining, brine disposal, and oil wells; seismic shot holes, etc.) and in areas known to experience natural dissolution with no apparent anthropogenic influences. One potential outcome of the upward migration of these long-inactive dissolution voids in the city of Hutchinson is significant structural damage to facilities, infrastructure, or traffic areas. Monitoring the condition of a void's roof is key to determining and managing this risk. Drilling is expensive for this investigative application in part because of the number of potential targets. At a depth of approximately 120 m, most surface geophysical methods have neither the sensitivity nor resolution necessary to detect these voids, much less interrogate the roof.