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Post-remediation geophysical assessment: Investigating long-term electrical geophysical signatures resulting from bioremediation at a chlorinated solvent contaminated site

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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
卷 302, 期 -, 页码 -

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ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113944

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Remediation; Bioremediation; Chlorinated solvents; Geophysics; Electrical conductivity; Induced polarization

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  1. Department of Defense under Environmental Security Technology Certification Program [ER 201579-PR]
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program

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This study investigates the long-term impacts of active remediation on treated aquifers by analyzing geophysical signals, showing a correlation with the formation of polarizable, dispersed iron sulfide minerals in the treated zones. Conductivity and phase angle measurements distinguish between treated and untreated areas, providing valuable insights into postremediation effects.
There is a growing need to assess long-term impacts of active remediation strategies on treated aquifers. A variety of biogeochemical alterations can result from interactions of the amendment with the aquifer, conceivably leading to a geophysical signal associated with the long-term alteration of an aquifer. This concept of postremediation geophysical assessment was investigated in a shallow, chlorinated solvent-contaminated aquifer six to eight years after amendment delivery. Surface resistivity imaging and cross-borehole resistivity and induced polarization (IP) imaging were performed on a transect that spanned treated and untreated zones of the aquifer. Established relationships between IP parameters and surface electrical conductivity were used to predict vertical profiles of electrolytic conductivity and surface conductivity from the inverted cross-borehole images. Aqueous geochemistry data, along with natural gamma and magnetic susceptibility logs, were used to constrain the interpretation. The electrical conductivity structure determined from surface and borehole imaging was foremost controlled by the electrolytic conductivity of the interconnected pore space, being linearly related to fluid specific conductance. The electrolytic conductivity (and thus the conductivity images alone) did not discriminate between treated and untreated zones of the aquifer. In contrast, inverted phase angles and surface conductivities did discriminate between treated and untreated zones of the aquifer, with the treated zone being up to an order of magnitude more polarizable in places. Supporting aqueous chemistry and borehole logging datasets indicate that this geophysical signal from the long-term impact of the remediation on the aquifer is most likely associated with the formation of polarizable, dispersed iron sulfide minerals.

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