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Cone Penetrometer Tests and HydroPunch® Sampling: A Screening Technique for Plume Definition
Author(s) -
Smolley Mark,
Kappmeyer Janet C.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
groundwater monitoring and remediation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-6592
pISSN - 1069-3629
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6592.1991.tb00371.x
Subject(s) - penetrometer , plume , sampling (signal processing) , geology , environmental science , sediment , geotechnical engineering , soil science , hydrology (agriculture) , mineralogy , petroleum engineering , geomorphology , soil water , detector , engineering , electrical engineering , physics , thermodynamics
Cone penetrometer tests and HydroPunch® sampling were used to define the extent of volatile organic compounds in ground water. The investigation indicated that the combination of these techniques is effective for obtaining ground water samples for preliminary plume definition. HydroPunch samples can be collected in unconsolidated sediments and the analytical results obtained from these samples are comparable to those obtained from adjacent monitoring wells. This sampling method is a rapid and cost‐effective screening technique for characterizing the extent of contaminant plumes in soft sediment environments. Use of this screening technique allowed monitoring wells to be located at the plume boundary, thereby reducing the number of wells installed and the overall cost of the plume definition program.