| | Hasbrouck Geophysics, Inc.: Groundwater Plume (Time Domain Electromagnetics) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | A groundwater plume containing anomalously high total dissolved solids is present at a depth of about 20 feet and generally extends in a southwestern trend from an uranium mill tailings cell in the southwestern U.S. The time domain electromagnetic (TDEM) geophysical method provides a measurement of the subsurface conductivity (or its inverse, resistivity). |
 | | The formation resistivity of a saturated layer with relatively large amounts of dissolved solids will be fairly low (and, thus, conductivity will be high) and identification of such anomalous zones is possible with the TDEM method. |
 | | In addition to acquiring additional TDEM data, refraction seismic data were also proposed to be acquired in specific areas to confirm or deny the presence of a limestone deposit. |
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