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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1491-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1491-2016
Research article
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28 Oct 2016
Research article |  | 28 Oct 2016

High-resolution shear-wave seismic reflection as a tool to image near-surface subrosion structures – a case study in Bad Frankenhausen, Germany

Sonja H. Wadas, Ulrich Polom, and Charlotte M. Krawczyk

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Subrosion is the subsurface leaching of soluble rocks. It is a global phenomenon and a geohazard in urban areas because it causes depressions and sinkholes. This is the case in the study area, the town of Bad Frankenhausen, in northern Thuringia, Germany. Using shear-wave seismic reflection we are able to image these structures at high resolution to a depth of ca. 100 m. We observe that the underground is strongly fractured and there are indications of cavities.