Statement of Work for Direct Push Technology Characterization Borehole Installations During Fiscal Year 2006, 300-FF-5 Operable Unit

This paper contributes to the investigation of the unsaturated zone, through the application of combined field and lab techniques. The results show that direct push methods, which are considered ideal for multilevel sampling of undisturbed soil in the unsaturated zone, proved to be effective also for the consequent extraction of the pore water for further isotopic determination. This ultimate goal can be achieved thank to the application of azaetropic distillation, which has the least isotopic fractionation effects on groundwater samples.

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Practice for Direct Push Technology for Volatile Contaminant Logging with the Membrane Interface Probe (MIP)

10.1520/d7352-07r12 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Membrane Interface ◽

Direct Push ◽

Push Technology

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Near-surface seismic traveltime tomography using a direct-push source and surface-planted geophones

Geophysics ◽

10.1190/1.3131612 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 74 (4) ◽

pp. G17-G25 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Hendrik Paasche ◽

Ulrike Werban ◽

Peter Dietrich

Keyword(s):

Velocity Distribution ◽

Seismic Velocity ◽

Velocity Model ◽

Unconsolidated Sediments ◽

Alluvial Deposits ◽

Near Surface ◽

Traveltime Tomography ◽

Direct Push ◽

Refraction Seismic ◽

Push Technology

Information about seismic velocity distribution in heterogeneous near-surface sedimentary deposits is essential for a variety of environmental and engineering geophysical applications. We have evaluated the suitability of the minimally invasive direct-push technology for near-surface seismic traveltime tomography. Geophones placed at the surface and a seismic source installed temporarily in the subsurface by direct-push technology quickly acquire reversed multioffset vertical seismic profiles (VSPs). The first-arrival traveltimes of these data were used to reconstruct the 2D seismic velocity distribution tomographically. After testing this approach on synthetic data, we applied it to field data collected over alluvial deposits in a former river floodplain. The resulting velocity model contains information about high- and low-velocity anomalies and offers a significantly deeper penetration depth than conventional refraction tomography using surface-planted sources and receivers at the investigated site. A combination of refraction seismic and direct-push data increases resolution capabilities in the unsaturated zone and enables reliable reconstruction of velocity variations in near-surface unconsolidated sediments. The final velocity model structurally matches the results of cone-penetration tests and natural gamma-radiation data acquired along the profile. The suitability of multiple rapidly acquired reverse VSP surveys for 2D tomographic velocity imaging of near-surface unconsolidated sediments was explored.

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