Field Screening Europe: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Strategies and Techniques for the Investigation and Monitoring of Contaminated Sites

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 2-2
Optimization of Exploration Strategies Using On-Site Analysis....Pages 3-7
Deriving Parameters for the Chemical Investigation of Hazardous Sites....Pages 9-12
Assessment of the Screening Procedure for Measuring Nitrate in the Soils of Baden-Württemberg (Germany)....Pages 13-16
Screening of Mercury Contaminated Sites: The Relationship between Mercury Concentration in Soil and Soil Gas....Pages 17-20
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
Sealed Tube Soil Sampling for Volatile Organic Compounds....Pages 23-27
Field Soil Gas Screening Methods for the Delineation of Subsurface Contamination....Pages 29-32
Passive Samplers as a Long-Term Monitoring System for Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants....Pages 33-36
Semi-Automatic Field Station for Monitoring Agricultural Leaching of Nutrients and Pesticides....Pages 37-38
Rapid Leaching Procedures for On-Site Analysis....Pages 39-42
Sampling Model for Contaminated Bulk Soil Masses....Pages 43-46
On Site Screening of the Groundwater Quality by Multiple Groundwater Sampling Probe....Pages 47-50
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
An Attractive Method for Design and Evaluation of Soil Vapour Extraction Systems....Pages 53-56
Application of Geophysical Methods to Former Manufactured Gas Plant Sites: The Gaz De France Experience....Pages 57-60
A New Technology for Quality Assessment of Slurry Walls....Pages 61-64
In-Situ Measurement of Permeability Using a ‘Hydraulic Conductivity Probe’....Pages 65-68
Air Photo Interpretation as Part of a Global Exploration Concept....Pages 69-72
Capability and Limits of a DGPS Supported EM38 Survey for the Fast Estimation of the Spatial Variation of Clay and Water Contents of Soils....Pages 73-76
The Application of Geophysical Surveys Utilised in the Investigation of Contaminated Land to Target Remediation Programmes....Pages 77-80
Determination of Gas Permeability by Interpreting Barometric Pressure Induced Water Level Variations in Boreholes....Pages 81-84
Aerial Photography and Ground Penetrating Radar as Additional Tools for The Quality Assessment of Restored Land?....Pages 85-88
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Remarks on Electromagnetic Screening Methods....Pages 89-92
Evaluation of Discontinuity Parameters and Fracture Connectivity at a Rock Test Site....Pages 93-98
Acquiring Positional Data Using GPS (DGPS)....Pages 99-102
Developments Toward a Risk Management Tool for Simulations of Marine Transport of Radioactivity in the Oceans — a Case Study from the Kara Sea....Pages 103-108
Multivariate and Geostatistical Methods in Environmental Monitoring and Geochemical Exploration....Pages 109-112
The use of Geostatistical Methods for Site Characterization — Geological Aspects....Pages 113-116
How to Get the Structure of Waste Disposals and the Surface of Water Damming Layers with Geoelectrical Tomography....Pages 117-120
Long Time Experiences with Extensive High Resolution Geomagnetic and Geoelectric Mappings of Former Waste Disposals and Industrial Sites....Pages 121-124
Hydrocarbon Contamination and Features Mapping Using GPR....Pages 125-128
Cone Penetrometer Deployed in Situ Video Imaging System for Characterizing Sub-Surface Soil Properties and Contaminants....Pages 129-132
Monitoring Dnapl Pools Under Controlled Conditions Using GPR....Pages 133-136
Energy Loss and Dispersion of Electromagnetic Signals in Fluid-Saturated Porous Media Due to Frequency Dependence of Complex Dielectric Permittivity....Pages 137-142
Sampling and Statistical as Well as Geostatistical Evaluation of Extremely Heterogeneous Industrial Sites on Example of a Saxonian Slagheap....Pages 143-146
Characterization of the Unsaturated Zone Using Carbon Monoxide as a Tracer Gas to Improve Soil Venting Systems....Pages 147-152
Direct Sensing of Soil Conductivity and Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds in Soil by Membrane Interface Probe (MIP) System....Pages 153-156
On-Site Measurements of the Spatial Distribution of Soil Water Content with Ground-Penetrating Radar....Pages 157-160
On-Site Measurement of Soil Water Content by a New Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) Technique....Pages 161-164
Diffraction Tomography and Field Screening....Pages 165-169
Stream Sediments - Statistical Aspects for a Representative Description of the Sampling Site and Load Assessment (Heavy Metals)....Pages 171-174
In-Situ Monitoring Techniques Based on Cone Penetrometer Technology and Soil Sampling Techniques....Pages 175-178
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Characterization of DNAPL Sites....Pages 179-182
Evaluation of Fracture Parameters for Stochastic Generation of Fracture Networks....Pages 183-186
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
A Field Screening Method for Contaminated Sites....Pages 189-192
Immunochemical Screening for TNT in Soil....Pages 193-196
Test Batteries for the Assessment of the Ecotoxic Potential of Soils and Soil Materials....Pages 197-198
Ecotoxicological Test Methods....Pages 199-202
Microbial Sensor for Pah in Aqueous Solution Using Solubilizers....Pages 203-206
Development of the Bioluminescent Bioindicators for Analyses of Pollutions....Pages 207-210
Biotesting of Sewage and River Water by Liofblyzed Luminous Bacteria Biotest....Pages 211-215
Evaluation of a Rapid Field Analytical Test Kit for Assessing Hydrocarbon Contamination in Soil and Water....Pages 217-220
On Site Assessment of Microbiological Diversity and Activity....Pages 221-224
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Methods for Determination of Hydrocarbons in Air, Soil & Water....Pages 227-230
The Draeger Chip-Measuring System: A Field Screening Method for the Quantitative Measurement of Chemicals in Air....Pages 231-234
Combination Method of Field and Laboratory Measurements for Hydrochemical Field Mapping....Pages 235-238
On-Site-Determination of Mineral Oil Hydrocarbons in Soils....Pages 239-242
Portable Fiber-Optic In-Situ Monitoring System for Hydrocarbons in Water....Pages 243-246
Time-Resolved Excitation-Emission-Spectra for Screening of Residual Waste....Pages 247-250
Use of the Rock-Eval Method for Assessment of Oil-Contaminated Soils: Pollut-Eval Analyzer....Pages 251-257
Mobile On-Site Analysis in the Environmental Research....Pages 259-262
A New Mobile Unit for On-Site Investigation of Organic and Inorganic Compounds in Polluted Areas....Pages 263-266
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Rapid Photometric Field Test for Estimating Pb/Zn Contamination in Soils....Pages 267-270
Hydrogeochemical Characterization of Intrinsic Biodegradation of Btex-Compounds at Anoxic Locations....Pages 271-274
Fast Elemental Screening of Colloidal Particle by Laser-Induced Plasma Spectroscopy (LIPS)....Pages 275-278
MABOWEG — A Mobile Force Using Field Screening Methods....Pages 279-282
A New AOX Test Kit for On-Site Analysis and Screening....Pages 283-286
Fast Screening of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Contaminated Water and Soil Samples with Immunological and Chromatographic Methods....Pages 287-290
Determination of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) in Wastewater — Performance of a Photometric Cuvette-Test in Comparison to a Catalytic Combustion Analyzer....Pages 291-294
Mobile GC/MS Analysis in the Field for the Determination of Toxic Compounds....Pages 295-298
Gore-Sorber ® Screening Surveys....Pages 299-302
New Dimensions in Field Screening: Distributed Analysis and Virtual Laboratories....Pages 303-304
The analysis of harmful materials in wood by means of laser plasma emission spectroscopy....Pages 305-308
The JRC Advanced Mobile Analytical Laboratory Amal....Pages 309-311
Heavy Metal Screening Using an XRF Field Spectrometer....Pages 313-318
Developing Sensors for On-Line Monitoring of Nox Gases Based on Oscillating Crystals....Pages 319-323
Portable Ion Selective Technique in Field Screening of Plants Pollution....Pages 325-328
On-Site, In-Situ Characterization of Contaminated Soil and Liquid Hazardous Waste with Field Portable X-Ray Analyzer — a Cost Effective Approach....Pages 329-333
On-Site Analysis by Mobile X-Ray Fluorescence....Pages 335-338
The Use of ‘Joule-Thomson’ Type Cooled Detectors for Field Transportable Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometers....Pages 339-342
Sum Parameter Evaluation of Toxic Compounds in Water and Soil Samples with Mobile GC/MS....Pages 343-346
Wood Preservatives on Waste Wood: Fast Detection with GC/MS, GC/ECD and Ion Mobility Spectrometry (IMS)....Pages 347-350
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Measurement of VOC Mobility in Soils and Groundwaters for Environmental Risk Assessment Using Multi-Capillary Coupled Ion Mobility Spectrometry....Pages 351-354
Partial Discharge Ion Mobility Spectrometry for Rapid Quality Assessment of SF 6 Used in High Voltage Substations....Pages 355-358
On-Site Analysis Using Ion Mobility Spectrometry....Pages 359-362
Rapid Diagnosis of Hydrocarbons Contaminated Soils Using UV Detection....Pages 363-366
Portable HPLC — New Generation of High Performance Liquid Chromatographs....Pages 367-370
A Field Method of Spectrophotometric Determination of Arsenic in Water Including a Speciation....Pages 371-375
Comparison of Characterization Methods / Determination of Oil Content in Soil Based Upon Simple Methods....Pages 377-380
Field Measuring Devices for In-Situ Analysis of Fluorescent Contaminants in Water and Soil....Pages 381-384
Front Matter....Pages 385-385
Results of a Comparative Field Test for the on-Site Analysis of Contaminated Soils (Heavy Metals, Pahs, Mineral Oil Hydrocarbons, Volatile Organic Carbons)....Pages 387-391
On-Site Examination of a Site Contaminated by the Tar-Processing Industry....Pages 393-397
Development of an Agricultural and General Water Management and Information System to Improve the Quality of Ground and Surface Water....Pages 399-403
Diagnostic Procedures for Petroleum Contaminated Sites: The State-of-the-Art....Pages 405-409
Results and Conclusions of the Study “Applicability of on-Site Analysis and Sensor Technique”....Pages 411-413
Benefits of an Integrated Data Management, Visualisation and Reporting Database Software Package Using Monitor-Pro as an Example....Pages 415-418
Environmental Monitoring Supported by a Modern Data Management System Combining Standard Software with High Performance Databases....Pages 419-422
Back Matter....Pages 423-425