Electrical resistivity and induced polarization tomography in identifying the plume of chlorinated hydrocarbons in sedimentary formation: A case study in Rho (Milan - Italy)

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 595-602

  Cardarelli, Ettore ^a   Di Filippo, Gerardina ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

DC electrical tomography; Dense non aqueous phase liquids (DNAPL) polluted area; Geophysics; Induced polarization tomography; Normalized polarization

Indexed keywords

BULK RESISTIVITY; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CLAY PARTICLES; COPPER ELECTRODES; DC ELECTRICAL TOMOGRAPHY; DENSE NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; DENSE NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS (DNAPL) POLLUTED AREA; ELECTRICAL METHODS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ENGINEERING GEOPHYSICS; FIELD DATA ACQUISITION; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; GRAVEL AQUIFERS; INDUCED POLARIZATION; INDUCED-POLARIZATION TOMOGRAPHY; NEW APPLICATIONS; NORMALIZED POLARIZATION; SEDIMENTARY FORMATION; SHALLOW BOREHOLES; SOIL MEDIUM;

AQUIFERS; CLAY MINERALS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFILTRATION; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

POLARIZATION;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; COPPER; STEEL;

AQUIFER; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRODE; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; INDUCED POLARIZATION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PLUME; TOMOGRAPHY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLAY; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODE; GEOLOGY; ITALY; LEACHING; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUME; PLUME DISPERSION; POLARIZATION; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAND; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL POLLUTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILAN; MILANO [LOMBARDY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 68649128839     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X09102524     Document Type: Article

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