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Main Title Use of remote sensing techniques in a systematic investigation of an uncontrolled hazardous waste site.
Author Cichowicz, N. L. ; Pease, Jr., Robert W. ; Stoller, Paul J. ; Yaffe, Harold J.
CORP Author MITRE Corp., Bedford, MA.;Municipal Environmental Research Lab., Cincinnati, OH.
Publisher EPA,
Year Published 1981
Report Number EPA 600/2-81-187; EPA-68-01-5051
Stock Number PB82-103896
OCLC Number 15901367
Additional Subjects Hazardous wastes ; Remote sensing ; Water pollution ; Sampling ; Sites ; Ground water ; Rhode Island ; Cost analysis ; Coventry(Rhode Island) ; Bedrocks
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ELBD RPS EPA 600-2-81-187 repository copy AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/31/2017
NTIS  PB82-103896 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 69 pages tables
Abstract
This report describes the use and evaluation of several remote sensing techniques in conjunction with direct sample collection in order to develop a systematic approach for subsurface investigations at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. Remote sensing techniques (electrical resistivity, seismic refraction, ground-penetrating radar, and metal detection) were employed to determine the extent (and sequence) to which they may be integrated with the more conventional methods of test drilling, installation of monitoring wells, and excavation for determining information such as the following: nature and extent of ground water contamination, presence and number of buried drums, topography and condition of bedrock, and costs and effectiveness of several abatement methods. Both the remote sensing and conventional sampling methods were used at an abandoned hazardous waste dump in Coventry, Rhode Island.