In situ analysis of soil at an open burning/open detonation disposal facility: J-Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

Conference · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994

OSTI ID:10190417

Martino, L; Cho, E ^[1]; Wrobel, J ^[2]

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1. Argonne National Lab., Washington, DC (United States)
2. US Army Directorate of Safety, Health, and the Environment, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (United States)

Investigators have used a field-portable X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Analyzer to screen soils for a suite of metals indicative of the open burning and open detonation (OB/OD) activities that occurred at the J-Field site at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The field XRF results were incorporated into a multiphase investigation of contaminants at the Toxic Burning Pits Area of Concern at J-Field. The authors determined that the field-portable XRF unit used for the study and the general concept of field XRF screening are invaluable tools for investigating an OB/OD site where intrusive sampling techniques could present unacceptable hazards to site workers.

• 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: 10190417
• Report Number(s): ANL/EA/CP-84264; CONF-9410230-1; ON: DE95001444; TRN: 94:022653
• Resource Relation: Conference: 9. annual conference on contaminated soils, analysis, fate, environmental and public health effects, remediation and regulation,Amherst, MA (United States),17-20 Oct 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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