Identification of ground instability in the housing estate complex based on georadar and satellite radar interferometry

Abstract

Procedures of using ground penetrating radar (GPR) and Sentinel-1 satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) were tested in the area of housing estates in Hodonin, where there is an intensive decrease in the subsoil and thus a significant cracking of prefabricated houses. Extensive geophysical research of the site provided essential information about active faults in the area. To prove them and define the most active deformation zones (blocks), where the maximum settlement of the subsoil occurs, the processed interferometric (InSAR) data from the Sentinel-1 SAR satellite were used. Results from joint evaluation of geophysical data and InSAR not only confirmed detected deformations but also notified on other locations with tendencies to subsidence in the neighborhood of main faults. The combination of the methods to identify displacement tendencies in urbanized areas is very effective.