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Cameron, R. GUIDE TO SITE AND SOIL DESCRIPTION FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE CHARACTERIZATION VOLUME 1: METALS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/4-91/029 (NTIS PB92146158), 1991.

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This guide is intended to assist field personnel who must identify, describe, and interpret site and soil characteristics of hazardous waste sites where metals contamination is suspected or known. he approach presented, including the knowledge frames of an expert system, will be unfamiliar to most site investigators. or developers of expert systems, the Guide should facilitate standardization of questions and response& related to soil contamination problems. his guide provides a general discussion (Section 2) of the elements of a back- ground review and an on-site examination of site and soil characteristics essential to meeting the needs of these different data uses. his general discussion is followed by a catalogue of individual site (Section 3) and soil (Section 4) characteristics (e.g., climate and weather, texture and structure, hydraulic conductivity, slope, soil microorganisms) that should be investigated during site characterization. or each entry, the guide describes possible conditions of the characteristic (e.g., high, moderate, or low; prominent, distinct, or faint) and methods for assigning these conditions. eferences that provide more detailed information are given for each characteristic. xtensive definitions are provided for describing contaminated sites and soils. upplemental information with site characterization data; a soil description form; and a summary of methods useful for determination of site and soil parameters accompanies Volume 1 and is available in "A Pocket Field Guide".

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