Journal
JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY
Volume 136, Issue -, Pages 25-42Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2012.05.003
Keywords
NAPL; Induced polarization; Geophysics; Soil contamination; Screening
Funding
- University of Mons (Faculty of Engineering, Geology Department)
- SPAQuE (private society in charge of industrial waste land management in the Walloon Region of Belgium)
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Without a good estimation of samples representativeness, the delineation of the contaminated plume extent and the evaluation of volumes of hydrocarbon-impacted soils may remain difficult. To contribute to this question, a time domain induced polarization (IP) field experiment was conducted on an industrial waste land. Boreholes were drilled to specify the local geological context. Cross-hole seismic tomographies were performed to extend borehole logs and to draw an interpreted geological cross-section. Soil samples taken during drillings were analysed in laboratory. A preliminary survey was conducted to locate the IP profile. The polarization signatures linked to the presence of clayey sediments were filtered out from the data set. Chargeability and resistivity depth soundings were computed and compared to mean concentrations of total organic products to overcome the data support issue between the geophysical models and the spot samples of soils. A logarithmic relation between chargeabilities and smoothed hydrocarbon concentrations in soils was found. Taking into account contaminant's concentration thresholds defined in local codes and regulations allows defining chargeability classes to delineate hotspots on this site. This showed that IP tomography can be an accurate screening methodology. A statistical methodology is proposed to assess the efficiency of the investigation strategy. (C) 2012 Elsevier BM. All rights reserved.
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