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Interim progress report -- geophysics: Decommissioning of Buildings E5974 and E5978, Aberdeen Proving Ground

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10170102· OSTI ID:10170102
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Buildings E5974 and E5978, located near the mouth of Canal Creek, were among 10 potentially contaminated sites in the Westwood and Canal Creek areas of the Edgewood section of Aberdeen Proving Ground examined by a geophysical team from Argonne National Laboratory in April and May of 1992. Noninvasive geophysical surveys, including the complementary technologies of magnetics, electrical resistivity, and ground-penetrating radar, were conducted around the perimeters of the buildings to guide a sampling program prior to decommissioning and dismantling. The magnetic anomalies and the electrically conductive areas around these buildings have a spatial relationship similar to that observed in low-lying sites in the Canal Creek area; they are probably associated with construction fill. Electrically conductive terrain is dominant on the eastern side of the site, and resistive terrain predominates on the west. The smaller magnetic anomalies are not imaged with ground radar or by electrical profiling. The high resistivities in the northwest quadrant are believed to be caused by a natural sand lens. The causes of three magnetic anomalies in the high-resistivity area are unidentified, but they are probably anthropogenic.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
10170102
Report Number(s):
ANL/ESD/TM--47; ON: DE93016552
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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ABANDONED SITES
BUILDINGS
DECOMMISSIONING
ELECTRICAL TESTING
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS
IMAGES
MAGNETIC TESTING
PROGRESS REPORT
RADAR
REMEDIAL ACTION
SAMPLING
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
SITE RESOURCE AND USE STUDIES