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http://dx.doi.org/10.7582/GGE.2019.22.3.132

Change in Physical Properties depending on Contaminants and Introduction to Case Studies of Geophysical Surveys Applied to Contaminant Detection  

Yu, Huieun (Department of Energy and Mineral Resources Engineering, Sejong University)
Kim, Bitnarae (Department of Energy and Mineral Resources Engineering, Sejong University)
Song, Seo Young (Department of Energy and Mineral Resources Engineering, Sejong University)
Cho, Sung Oh (Department of Energy and Mineral Resources Engineering, Sejong University)
Caesary, Desy (Department of Energy and Mineral Resources Engineering, Sejong University)
Nam, Myung Jin (Department of Energy and Mineral Resources Engineering, Sejong University)
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Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration / v.22, no.3, 2019 , pp. 132-148 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, safety and environmental concerns have become major social issues. Especially, a special underground-safety law has been made and enacted to prevent ground subsidence around construction sites. For environmental problems, several researches have started or will start on characterization of contaminated sites, in-situ environmental remediation in subsurface, and monitoring of remediation results. As a part of the researches, geophysical surveys, which have been mainly applied to explore mineral resources, geological features or ground, are used to characterize not only contaminated areas but also fluid flow paths in subsurface environments. As a basic study for the application of geophysical surveys to detect contamination in subsurface, this paper analyzes previous researches to understand changes in geophysical properties of contaminated zones by various contaminants such as leachate, heavy metals, and non-adequate phase liquid (NAPL). Furthermore, this paper briefly introduces how geophysical surveys like direct-current electrical resistivity, induced polarization and ground penetration radar surveys can be applied to detect each contamination, before analyzing case studies of the applications in contaminated areas by NAPL, leachate, heavy metal or nitrogen oxides.
Keywords
geophysical surveys; contamination; NAPL; leachate; heavy metal;
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