ASTM STP 1118 Current Practices in Ground Water and Vadose Zone Investigations
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Nielsen, DM
This STP contains papers presented at the Current Practices in Ground Water and Vadose Zone Investigations symposium held 30 January to 1 February 1991. The symposium was sponsored by ASTM Committee D-18 on Soil and Rock, its Subcommittee D18.21 on Ground Water and Vadose Zone Investigations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
The papers in this publication are grouped under the headings
- Improving the Quality of Ground-Water Investigations
- Vadose Zone Investigations Methods
- Direct Push Technology in Ground-Water Investigations
- Ground-Water Monitoring Wall Design and Installations
- Water-Level Measurement and Ground-Water Sampling
- Determination of Hydraulic Parameters
- Statistical Evaluation of Ground-Water Data
The 28 papers in this publication cover topics such as:
- use of geologic data
- assessing RCRA compliance
- ground water monitoring regulations
- use of geophysics
- detection of buried toxic agents
- hydrogeological investigations
- Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA)
- geoelectrics
- ground water contamination
- unsaturated soil recharge rate
- vadose zone probes
- leak detection
- organic vapor isotherms
- quality assurance
- false positive acetone
- hydrocarbon contamination detection
- lithology
- fluvial estuarine
- piezometric cone penetration testing
- plume detection
- fine-grained formations
- samplers
- fine sand aquifers
- vibration strip transducers
- purging techniques
- in situ sensors
- fiber optic sensors
- clay soils
- gas permeability
- hydraulic conductivity
- historical water-quality data
- data evaluation
- indicator parameters