Assessment of pollution near landfill site in Nagpur, India by resistivity imaging and GPR

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 489-500

  Pujari, Paras R ^a   Pardhi, Pawan ^a   Muduli, Pradipta ^a   Harkare, Prajakta ^a   Nanoti, Madan V ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

GPR; Hilbert transform; Inversion; Landfill; Resistivity imaging

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; HILBERT SPACES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LAND FILL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER WELLS;

RADARGRAMS; RESISTIVITY IMAGING;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IMAGING METHOD; LANDFILL; TOPSOIL;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID TRANSPORT; IMAGING SYSTEM; INDIA; LANDFILL; SOIL; TELECOMMUNICATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; INDIA; RADAR; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; NAGPUR; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34347392487     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9494-0     Document Type: Article

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