Spectral induced polarization for the characterization of free-phase hydrocarbon contamination of sediments with low clay content

Near Surface Geophysics

Volumn 7, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 547-562

  Cassiani, Giorgio ^a   Kemna, Andreas ^b   Villa, Alberto ^c   Zimmermann, Egon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY SOIL; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROCARBON; INDUCED POLARIZATION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; TORINO [PIEDMONT]; TURIN;

EID: 77951055909     PISSN: 15694445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2009028     Document Type: Article

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