Subsurface radiowave tomography imaging in environmental monitoring applications

Larry G. Stolarczyk

doi:10.1117/12.154692

31 August 1993 Subsurface radiowave tomography imaging in environmental monitoring applications

Larry G. Stolarczyk

Proceedings Volume 1941, Ground Sensing; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.154692
Event: Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1993, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Toxic waste has been deposited in a wide variety of containment structures. Leakage creates concerns and environmental risk. Risk assessment requires site characterization of the underlying geology and monitoring of fluid pathways to the biosphere. Subsurface imaging will play an increasing important role in site characterization and monitoring. Imaging will play an even greater role in remediation. Radio wave energy propagation has been applied in crosswell data acquisition and tomography inversion algorithms have reconstructed images of electrical conductivity variations in the geologic zone of concern. The variation in conductivity delineated structural geology and mapped the contaminant plume. This paper describes the application of the radio wave tomography imaging in chemical waste landfill and in situ mine site characterization and remediation.

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Larry G. Stolarczyk "Subsurface radiowave tomography imaging in environmental monitoring applications", Proc. SPIE 1941, Ground Sensing, (31 August 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.154692

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