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Main Title Aseptic Sampling of Unconsolidated Heaving Soils in Saturated Zones.
Author Leach, L. E. ; Ross, R. R. ;
CORP Author Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab., Ada, OK.
Publisher 1991
Year Published 1991
Report Number EPA/600/D-91/130;
Stock Number PB91-216218
Additional Subjects Subsurface investigations ; Soil analysis ; Land pollution ; Waste disposal ; Soil contamination ; Water pollution ; Water table ; Superfund ; Statistical analysis ; Sampling ; Sediments ; Environmental transport ; Drill core analysis ; Hazardous materials ; Flow augmentation ; Ground water ; Aquifers ; Boreholes ; Reprints ;
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NTIS  PB91-216218 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Collecting undisturbed subsurface soil samples in noncohesive, heaving sandy environments below the water table has been extremely difficult using conventional soil sampling equipment. Several modifications of the conventional hollow-stem auger coring procedures were adapted, which allowed collection of depth-discreet soil samples in very fluid, heaving sands. These methods were used where accurate subsurface characterization of the contamination of RCRA and CERCLA sites was essential. Cohesionless cores were consistently retrieved, aseptically extruded from the core barrel inside an anaerobic environmental chamber, and preserved in the field. The physical, chemical, and biological integrity of discreet soil intervals was maintained for laboratory analysis. Statistical analysis of repeated collection of soil samples from the same depth intervals in nearby boreholes was documented.