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The Use of Geophysics in the Detection of Buried Toxic Agents at a U.S. Military Installation Pages: 10 Published: Jan 1992
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View License Agreement Source: STP1118-EB Abstract In 1989 personnel at a U.S. Army base in the southeastern U.S. discovered a 1945 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Distribution System Map identifying an area as “Toxic Agents Buried”. The date of the handwritten inscription is unknown; however, a study of several aerial photos of this area revealed a disturbed area in approximately the same location dating back to the early 1940's. A geophysical study was conducted in this general area in an attempt to pinpoint this location so that the materials could be exhumed and properly disposed of, and to provide a preliminary indication of the distribution of any potential contaminants in shallow soils and shallow ground water. Keywords: geophysics, magnetometer, gradiometer, terrain conductivity, ground penetrating radar, chemical agents, landfill Paper ID: STP19119S Committee/Subcommittee: D18.01 DOI: 10.1520/STP19119S ASTM International is a member of CrossRef. | ||