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Authors: | Marchetti, M.* Settimi, A.* |
Title: | Integrated geophysical measurements on a test site for detection of buried steel drums | Journal: | Annals of Geophysics | Series/Report no.: | 1 / 54 (2011) | Publisher: | INGV | Issue Date: | 26-Apr-2011 | DOI: | 10.4401/ag-4846 | URL: | http://arxiv.org/abs/1009.5555 | Keywords: | Environmental pollution Buried steel drums Magnetometry Electrical resistivity tomography Frequency-domain electromagnetic induction |
Subject Classification: | 04. Solid Earth::04.02. Exploration geophysics::04.02.04. Magnetic and electrical methods | Abstract: | Geophysical methods are increasingly used to detect and locate illegal waste disposal and buried toxic steel drums. This study describes the results of a test carried out in clayey-sandy ground where 12 empty steel drums had previously been buried at 4-5 m below ground level. This test was carried out with three geophysical methods for steel-drum detection: a magnetometric survey, electrical resistivity tomography with different arrays, and a multifrequency frequency-domain electromagnetic induction survey. The data show that as partially expected, the magnetometric and electromagnetic induction surveys detected the actual steel drums buried in the subsurface, while the electrical resistivity tomography mainly detected the changes in some of the physical properties of the terrain connected with the digging operations, rather than the actual presence of the steel drums. |
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