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Environmental geophysics and geochemistry for contamination mapping and monitoring 1

Abstract

This study aims to provide the technologies which can be practically used for contamination mapping and monitoring. To accomplish this goal, the geophysical and geochemical expertise and techniques commonly used in the mineral resources exploration are employed. In the first year of the three-year-long project, the purpose of the study is to introduce the optimum methodologies among the geophysical and geochemical techniques to tackle the various cases of environmental contamination. To achieve the purpose, case studies of the developed countries were surveyed and analyzed through the various kinds of literatures. The followings are categorized to be solved by geophysical methods: 1) delineation of water system pollution by acid mine drainage and distributions of waste rocks in the closed mine area, 2) defining boundaries of subsurface contamination due to oil seepage, 3) zoning of sea water intrusion in the seashore or subsurface geology highly containing salt, 4) locating of buried metallic wastes such as pipes and drums which can cause the secondary pollution by corrosion, and 5) outlining of the subsurface area polluted by leachate from the landfill. To experiment the above items, various geophysical methods were applied to the corresponding test sites. From these experiments, the applicabilities of the respective  More>>
Authors:
Lee, Tai Sup; Lee, Sang Kyu; Hong, Young Kook [1] 
  1. Korea Inst. of Geology Mining and Materials, Taejon (Korea, Republic of); and others
Publication Date:
Dec 01, 1995
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
KR-95-T-3
Reference Number:
SCA: 540200; PA: KR-96:000333; EDB-96:122534; NTS-97:004266; SN: 96001629561
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Dec 1995
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; CONTAMINATION; MAPPING; MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; MINERAL WASTES; OIL SPILLS; SEAWATER; LEACHATES; ROCK-FLUID INTERACTIONS
OSTI ID:
267567
Research Organizations:
Korean Ministry of Science and Technology (Korea, Republic of)
Country of Origin:
Korea, Republic of
Language:
Korean
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE96768114; TRN: KR9600333
Availability:
OSTI as DE96768114
Submitting Site:
KR
Size:
439 p.
Announcement Date:
Aug 23, 1996

Citation Formats

Lee, Tai Sup, Lee, Sang Kyu, and Hong, Young Kook. Environmental geophysics and geochemistry for contamination mapping and monitoring 1. Korea, Republic of: N. p., 1995. Web.
Lee, Tai Sup, Lee, Sang Kyu, & Hong, Young Kook. Environmental geophysics and geochemistry for contamination mapping and monitoring 1. Korea, Republic of.
Lee, Tai Sup, Lee, Sang Kyu, and Hong, Young Kook. 1995. "Environmental geophysics and geochemistry for contamination mapping and monitoring 1." Korea, Republic of.
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title = {Environmental geophysics and geochemistry for contamination mapping and monitoring 1}
author = {Lee, Tai Sup, Lee, Sang Kyu, and Hong, Young Kook}
abstractNote = {This study aims to provide the technologies which can be practically used for contamination mapping and monitoring. To accomplish this goal, the geophysical and geochemical expertise and techniques commonly used in the mineral resources exploration are employed. In the first year of the three-year-long project, the purpose of the study is to introduce the optimum methodologies among the geophysical and geochemical techniques to tackle the various cases of environmental contamination. To achieve the purpose, case studies of the developed countries were surveyed and analyzed through the various kinds of literatures. The followings are categorized to be solved by geophysical methods: 1) delineation of water system pollution by acid mine drainage and distributions of waste rocks in the closed mine area, 2) defining boundaries of subsurface contamination due to oil seepage, 3) zoning of sea water intrusion in the seashore or subsurface geology highly containing salt, 4) locating of buried metallic wastes such as pipes and drums which can cause the secondary pollution by corrosion, and 5) outlining of the subsurface area polluted by leachate from the landfill. To experiment the above items, various geophysical methods were applied to the corresponding test sites. From these experiments, the applicabilities of the respective geophysical method were analyzed, and the optimum methods were derived for the various pollution types. Furthermore, electric and electromagnetic surveys data processing software were developed to quantitatively interpret and highly resolve the geology. The environmental assignments which can be solved by geochemical methods include: 1) drainage pollution by coal mine effluents, 2)subsurface contamination of oil-spill, 3) sea water intrusion, 4) dispersion of toxic heavy metallic elements in the metal mines, and 5) radon environmental geochemistry. The appropriate test sites for applying the geochemical methods were selected. (Abstract Truncated)}
place = {Korea, Republic of}
year = {1995}
month = {Dec}
}