Investigating changes of electrical characteristics of the saturated zone affected by hazardous organic waste

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 25-36

  Frohlich, Reinhard K ^a   Barosh, Patrick J ^b   Boving, Thomas ^c  

^a Barosh Associates ^*  (United States)

^b PJ Barosh and Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent formation factor; Electrical resistivity; Groundwater contamination; Hazardous organic compounds

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; IMPURITIES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

APPARENT FORMATION FACTOR; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HAZARDOUS ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; HAZARDOUS ORGANIC WASTE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHREATIC ZONE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

NORTH AMERICA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39749154015     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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