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DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-34447-3_7
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Title (Primary) High-resolution characterization of the shallow unconsolidated subsurface using direct push, nuclear magnetic resonance, and groundwater tracing technologies
Title (Secondary) Advances in the characterisation and remediation of sites contaminated with Petroleum Hydrocarbons
Author Liu, G.; Devlin, J.F.; Dietrich, P. ORCID logo ; Butler jr., J.J.
Publisher García-Rincón, J.; Gatsios, E.; Lenhard, R.; Atekwana, E.A.; Naidu, R.
Source Titel Environmental Contamination Remediation and Management
Year 2024
Department MET
Page From 171
Page To 212
Language englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Keywords Direct push injection logging; Groundwater velocity; Hydraulic conductivity; Hydrostratigraphic characterization; Nuclear magnetic resonance profiling
Abstract Groundwater protection and contaminated site remediation efforts continue to be hampered by the difficulty in characterizing physical properties in the subsurface at a resolution that is sufficiently high for practical investigations. For example, conventional well-based field methods, such as pumping tests, have proven to be of limited effectiveness for obtaining information, such as the transmissive and storage characteristics of a formation and the rate at which groundwater flows, across different layers in a heterogeneous aquifer system. In this chapter, we describe a series of developments that are intended to improve our discipline’s capability for high-resolution characterization of subsurface conditions in shallow, unconsolidated settings. These developments include high-resolution methods for hydraulic conductivity (K) characterization based on direct push (DP) technology (e.g., DP electrical conductivity probe, DP permeameter, DP injection logger, Hydraulic Profiling Tool (HPT), and High-Resolution K tool), K and porosity characterization by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and groundwater flux characterization by monitoring the movement of thermal or chemical tracers through distributed temperature sensing (DTS) equipment or the point velocity probe (PVP). Each of these approaches is illustrated using field or laboratory examples, and a brief discussion is provided on their advantages, limitations, as well as suggestions for future developments.
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Liu, G., Devlin, J.F., Dietrich, P., Butler jr., J.J. (2024):
High-resolution characterization of the shallow unconsolidated subsurface using direct push, nuclear magnetic resonance, and groundwater tracing technologies
In: García-Rincón, J., Gatsios, E., Lenhard, R., Atekwana, E.A., Naidu, R. (eds.)
Advances in the characterisation and remediation of sites contaminated with Petroleum Hydrocarbons
Environmental Contamination Remediation and Management
Springer Nature, Cham, p. 171 - 212 10.1007/978-3-031-34447-3_7