You are here

Home » Content

Geophysical Surveys for the Characterization of Landfills

Journal Name:

  • International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies

Publication Year:

  • 2013

Keywords (Original Language):

Author NameUniversity of Author
Bookmark/Search this post with
Abstract (Original Language): 
Landfills are the classical solution for waste disposal. During the last years there has been a growing concern about the effect of landfills in public health, because leaching water can contaminate nearby aquifers. The conversion of the open dumps characteristic of many cities around the world to controlled and sanitary landfills is a critical step for protecting public health and the environment. Landfill is not just a place where waste is disposed, but it is a technological plant designed, realized and managed to obtain a minimization of negative effects. Sanitary landfilling is a fully engineered disposal option that avoids the harmful effects of uncontrolled dumping by spreading, compacting and covering the waste on land that has been carefully engineered before use. Geophysical surveys are increasingly filling this need, by responding to vertical and lateral variations of the fill material. The non-invasive geophysical methods which measure a different physical properties, specifically Electrical Resistance Tomography (ERT), Frequency-Domain ElectroMagnetic (FDEM) and Infrared Thermography methods (IT), could overcome a problems of the landfill in study. The combined use of these geophysical methods therefore allows to better characterize the properties of the land and to map the subsurface in landfills and their surroundings.
FULL TEXT (PDF): 
PDF icon arastirmax-geophysical-surveys-characterization-landfills.pdf
  • 2
254
263
  • English

REFERENCES

References: 

[1] G. Santarato, N. Abu-Zeid, “Progetto di bonifica e recupero ambientale dei siti comunali di discarica per rifiuti urbani di
Valle Isola: studi ed indagini preliminari (in Italian)”, Unpublished report, Comacchio County, Italy, 68 pp, 1998.
[2] V. Iliceto, G. Santarato, R. Merola, F. Ardizzoni, F. Finotti, “La polarizzazione indotta nella localizzazione di discariche di
rifiuti solidi urbani. Ingegneria sanitaria ambientale”, Genn.-Apr.j:63–72, 1994.
[3] T.J. Ulrych, O.A.L. Lima and E.E.S. Sampaio, “Insearch of plumes: a GPR odyssey in Brazil”, 64th Annual Int. Meet., Soc.
Explor. Geophys. SEG, Los An-geles, USA, pp. 569– 572, Expanded Abstracts, 1994.
[4] E. Lanz, L. Jemmi, R. Muller, A. Green, A. Pugin and P. Huggenberger, “Integrated studies of swiss waste disposal sites:
results from georadar and other geo-physical surveys”, Proceedings of the fifth International Conference on Ground
Penetrating Radar (GPR ’94), Kitchener, Ontario, pp. 1261– 1274, 1994
[5] W.A. Sauck, “A model for the resistivity structureof LNAPL plumes and their environs in sandy sediments”, Journal of
Applied Geophysics 44, 151–165, 2000
[6] E.A. Atekwana, W.A. Sauck and D.D. Jr. Werkema, “Investigations of geoelectrical signaturaes at ahydrocarbon
contaminated site”, Journal of AppliedGeophysics 44, 167– 180, 2000.
[7] L. Orlando and E. Marchesi, “Georadar as a tool toidentify and characterise solid waste dump deposits”, Journal of
Applied Geophysics 48, 163– 174, 2001.
[8] G. Buselli, G.B. Davis, C. Barber, M.I Height, S.H.D. Howard, “The application of electromagnetic and electric methods to
groundwater problems in urban environments”, Explor Geophy 23:543–555, 1992.
[9] T. Dahlin, “The development of DC resistivity imaging techniques”, Computers & Geosciences, 27 (9), 1019-1029, 2001.
[10] M.H. Loke, R.D. Barker, “Rapid least-squares inversion of apparent resistivity pseudosections by a quasi-Newton
method”, Geophys Prospect 44:131–152, 1996.
[11] Y. Guéguen and V. Palciauskas, “Introduction à la physique des roches”, Hermann, éditeurs des sciences et des arts, 299
p, 1992.
[12] S. Grellier, “Suivi hydrologique des centres de stockage de déchet-bioréacteurs par measures géophysiques”, PhD thesis,
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, 238 p, 2005.
[13] J.D. McNeill, “Use of electromagnetic methods for groundwater studies”, In S.H.Ward (Ed.): Geotechnical and
Environmental Geophysics, Vol. 1: Review and Tutorial, SEG, Tulsa, 1990.
[14] E. Cardarelli, M. Bernabini, “Two case studies of the determination of parameters of urban waste dumps”. J Appl
Geophy 36(4):167–174, 1997.
[15] M. Chiappini and M. Marchetti, “Analisi delle anomalie magnetiche in aree di discarica”, Comunicazione al 17° Convegno
Nazionale del Gruppo Nazionale di Geofisica della Terra Solida, Roma 10-12 Novembre 1998.
H. Belghazal, C. Piga, F. Loddo, J. Stitou El Messari, and A. Ouazani Touhami
ISSN : 2028-9324 Vol. 4 No. 2, Oct. 2013 263
[16] S.H. Ward and G.W. Hohmann, “Electromagnetic theory for geophysical applications”, In: Nabighian MN, Corbett JD
(eds) Electromagnetic methods in applied geophysics: theory, SEG Monograph 1:131 – 313, 1988.
[17] Marat Khairoutdinov, “Numerical Methods in Geophysical Simulation,” 2012.
[Online] Available: http://rossby.msrc.sunysb.edu/~marat/MAR542/ATM542-Chapter2.pdf (2013)
[18] A. Dillenz, G. Busse and D. Wu, “Ultrasound lockin thermography: feasibility and limitations Diagnostic Imaging
Technologies and Industrial Applications”, Proc. SPIE 382710–5, 1999.
[19] J.M. Reynolds, An introduction to applied and environmental geophysics, Wiley, New York, 796 pp, 1996.

Thank you for copying data from http://www.arastirmax.com