Delineation of subsurface hydrocarbon contamination at a former hydrogenation plant using spectral induced polarization imaging

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 136-137, Issue , 2012, Pages 131-144

  Flores Orozco, Adrián ^a   Kemna, Andreas ^a   Oberdörster, Christoph ^a   Zschornack, Ludwig ^b   Leven, Carsten ^c   Dietrich, Peter ^b   Weiss, Holger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

BTEX; Complex conductivity; Complex resistivity; Geophysics; Imaging; Induced polarization; LNAPL; Organic contaminants; Polarization; SIP; Spectral

Indexed keywords

BTEX; COMPLEX CONDUCTIVITY; COMPLEX RESISTIVITY; INDUCED POLARIZATION; LNAPL; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; SIP; SPECTRAL;

BENZENE; CONTAMINATION; ETHYLBENZENE; GEOPHYSICS; HYDROGENATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; POLARIZATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; HYDROCARBON; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

BTEX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOPHYSICS; HYDROCARBON; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDUCED POLARIZATION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PLUME; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONDUCTANCE; DECOMPOSITION; GERMANY; HYDROGENATION PLANT; IMAGING; MEASUREMENT; PLUME; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL INDUCED POLARIZATION IMAGING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGENATION; TOLUENE; XYLENES;

GERMANY; SAXONY-ANHALT; ZEITZ;

EID: 84863520524     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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