Golf Course Applications of Near-Surface Geophysical Methods: A Case Study
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Published:2005-03
Issue:1
Volume:10
Page:1-19
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ISSN:1083-1363
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Container-title:Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics
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language:en
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Short-container-title:JEEG
Author:
Allred Barry J.1234, Redman J. David1234, McCoy Edward L.1234, Taylor Richard S.1234
Affiliation:
1. USDA∕ARS Soil Drainage Research Unit, 590 Woody Hayes Drive, RM 234, Columbus, Ohio 43210 U.S.A. 2. Sensors & Software Inc., 1040 Stacey Court, Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 2X8, Canada 3. The Ohio State University, School of Natural Resources, 1680 Madison Avenue, Wooster, Ohio 44691 U.S.A. 4. Dualem Inc., 540 Churchill Avenue, Milton, Ontario, L9T 3A2, Canada
Abstract
As of the year 2000, there were over 15,000 golf course facilities in the U.S.A. alone. The upkeep of these facilities requires continual maintenance and occasional remodeling. The superintendents and architects responsible for the maintenance and remodeling efforts need non-destructive tools for obtaining information on shallow subsurface features within parts of the golf course, particularly tees and greens. The subsurface features of importance include, but are not limited to, constructed soil layer characteristics and drainage system infrastructure. Near-surface geophysical methods can potentially provide a non-destructive means for golf course superintendents and architects to obtain the shallow subsurface information required to address their maintenance and remodeling concerns. This case study assessment of near-surface geophysical methods in regard to golf course applications focused on electromagnetic induction (EMI) and ground penetrating radar (GPR) techniques. The investigation employed two different EMI ground conductivity meters. Two GPR systems were also tested including the evaluation of antenna center frequencies ranging from [Formula: see text]. The study incorporated three separate sites. Measurements with both EMI and GPR were collected on a tee and a green at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, U.S.A. and on a practice green at the Golf Club of Dublin in Dublin, Ohio, U.S.A. GPR was also tested on a golf course green at the Guelph Turfgrass Institute & Environmental Research Centre in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Results indicate that use of the appropriate EMI equipment can provide information on spatial changes of shallow apparent electrical conductivity [Formula: see text] within golf course green constructed soil layers. This [Formula: see text] data could potentially be employed to gauge constructed soil layer conditions, including wetness, salinity, etc., within different areas of a green. GPR proved quite capable of obtaining useful information on the golf course tee and greens that were studied, at least in regard to constructed soil layer thicknesses∕depths or their areal extent and in locating the subsurface drainage pipe systems present. For the GPR center antenna frequencies evaluated, ranging from [Formula: see text], all seemed to work relatively well for mapping tee and green constructed soil layer areal extent and drainage pipe locations. The higher frequency 900 and [Formula: see text] antennas appeared to work best for resolving thicknesses∕depths of constructed soil layers within the tee and greens investigated. In addition, computer modeling of synthetic GPR profiles provide valuable insight and help considerably with data interpretation. While more research is certainly warranted, near-surface geophysical methods, especially EMI and GPR, appear to show promise with respect to acquiring the data needed in golf course maintenance and remodeling applications.
Publisher
Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society
Subject
Geophysics,Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology,Environmental Engineering
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