Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2122/6982
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 Classification04. 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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