Characterization, Assessment & Monitoring

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Site characterization, assessment & monitoring is a major component of contaminant site management. Topics covered include long-term monitoring (LTM), traditional and emerging technologies for assessing the rate and extent of contaminant degradation, spatial and temporal distribution of contaminants, and formation properties that influence contaminant migration.

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Direct Push (DP) Technology Direct Push Logging Direct Push Sampling Geophysical Characterization and Monitoring Geophysics Borehole Geophysics Geophysical Data Analysis Surface Geophysics Hydraulic Tomography Mass Flux and Mass Discharge

Molecular Biological Tools - MBTs Metagenomics Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) No-Purge/Passive Sampling Overview of Long-Term Monitoring (LTM) Long-Term Monitoring (LTM) Data Analysis Long-Term Monitoring (LTM) Data Variability Stable Isotopes Well Flow Dynamics under Purging and Passive Conditions

Additional Documents

• Compound Specific Isotope Analysis: The Science, Technology and Selected Examples from the Literature with Application to Fuel Oxygenates and Chlorinated Solvents
• Designing Monitoring Programs to Effectively Evaluate the Performance of Natural Attenuation
• Evaluation of the Role of Dehalococcoides Organisms in the Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Ethylenes in Ground Water