Detection of Contaminant Plumes by Borehole Geophysical Logging
作者:
Thomas J. Mack,
期刊:
Groundwater Monitoring&Remediation
(WILEY Available online 1993)
卷期:
Volume 13,
issue 1
页码: 107-114
ISSN:1069-3629
年代: 1993
DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6592.1993.tb00427.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractTwo borehole geophysical methods—electromagnetic induction and natural gamma radiation logs—were used to vertically delineate landfill leachate plumes in a glacial aquifer. Geophysical logs of monitoring wells near two land‐fills in a glacial aquifer in west‐central Vermont show that borehole geophysical methods can aid in interpretation of geologic logs and placement of monitoring well screens to sample landfill leachate plumes.Zones of high electrical conductance were delineated from the electromagnetic log in wells near two landfills. Some of these zones were found to correlate with silt and clay units on the basis of drilling and gamma logs. Monitoring wells were screened specifically in zones of high electrical conductivity that did not correlate to a silt or clay unit. Zones of high electrical conductivity that did not correlate to a silt or clay unit were caused by the presence of ground water with a high specific conductance, generally from 1000 to 2370 μS/cm (microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius). Ambient ground water in the study area has a specific conductance of approximately 200 to 400 μS/cm. Landfill leachate plumes were found to be approximately 5 to 20 feet thick and to be near the water tabl
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