Electrical tomographies in the sanitary landfill of the city of Gualeguychú, province of Entre Ríos: Evidences of contamination

An important problem associated to sanitary landfills is the leachate production and the risk of groundwater contamination. The leachate electrical conductivity is often much greater than natural groundwater; consequently the contrast found in this property allows the detection of the plume using ge...

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spelling paper:paper_00044822_v64_n4_p603_Pomposiello2023-06-08T14:26:14Z Electrical tomographies in the sanitary landfill of the city of Gualeguychú, province of Entre Ríos: Evidences of contamination Environmental geophysics resistivity-model Landfill electrical conductivity electrical resistivity electrode groundwater pollution heterogeneity hydrochemistry landfill leachate numerical model phreatic zone tomography waste disposal Argentina Entre Rios An important problem associated to sanitary landfills is the leachate production and the risk of groundwater contamination. The leachate electrical conductivity is often much greater than natural groundwater; consequently the contrast found in this property allows the detection of the plume using geoelectrical methods. This paper reports new geophysical data obtained from two landfills of different age located in Gualeguaychú city. Several tomographies using dipole-dipole electrode configurations were performed and interpreted from bidimensional models. The models obtained on landfills have a first layer with high resistivity values and heterogeneities representing waste disposal. Low resistivity anomalies were detected below the level where the wastes were buried; those were attributed to contamination caused by leachate. The models obtained in areas without solid wastes, but near the landfill boundary present low resistivity at the most superficial layer. These values could be due to the contamination at the border of the waste disposal and also by the presence of clays, considering that the results do not agree with the value of the specific conductivity determined in the phreatic water. The hydrochemical parameters were estimated in the most conductive zone to evaluate the environmental features of the landfill. 2009 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00044822_v64_n4_p603_Pomposiello http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00044822_v64_n4_p603_Pomposiello
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topic Environmental geophysics resistivity-model
Landfill
electrical conductivity
electrical resistivity
electrode
groundwater pollution
heterogeneity
hydrochemistry
landfill
leachate
numerical model
phreatic zone
tomography
waste disposal
Argentina
Entre Rios
spellingShingle Environmental geophysics resistivity-model
Landfill
electrical conductivity
electrical resistivity
electrode
groundwater pollution
heterogeneity
hydrochemistry
landfill
leachate
numerical model
phreatic zone
tomography
waste disposal
Argentina
Entre Rios
Electrical tomographies in the sanitary landfill of the city of Gualeguychú, province of Entre Ríos: Evidences of contamination
topic_facet Environmental geophysics resistivity-model
Landfill
electrical conductivity
electrical resistivity
electrode
groundwater pollution
heterogeneity
hydrochemistry
landfill
leachate
numerical model
phreatic zone
tomography
waste disposal
Argentina
Entre Rios
description An important problem associated to sanitary landfills is the leachate production and the risk of groundwater contamination. The leachate electrical conductivity is often much greater than natural groundwater; consequently the contrast found in this property allows the detection of the plume using geoelectrical methods. This paper reports new geophysical data obtained from two landfills of different age located in Gualeguaychú city. Several tomographies using dipole-dipole electrode configurations were performed and interpreted from bidimensional models. The models obtained on landfills have a first layer with high resistivity values and heterogeneities representing waste disposal. Low resistivity anomalies were detected below the level where the wastes were buried; those were attributed to contamination caused by leachate. The models obtained in areas without solid wastes, but near the landfill boundary present low resistivity at the most superficial layer. These values could be due to the contamination at the border of the waste disposal and also by the presence of clays, considering that the results do not agree with the value of the specific conductivity determined in the phreatic water. The hydrochemical parameters were estimated in the most conductive zone to evaluate the environmental features of the landfill.
title Electrical tomographies in the sanitary landfill of the city of Gualeguychú, province of Entre Ríos: Evidences of contamination
title_short Electrical tomographies in the sanitary landfill of the city of Gualeguychú, province of Entre Ríos: Evidences of contamination
title_full Electrical tomographies in the sanitary landfill of the city of Gualeguychú, province of Entre Ríos: Evidences of contamination
title_fullStr Electrical tomographies in the sanitary landfill of the city of Gualeguychú, province of Entre Ríos: Evidences of contamination
title_full_unstemmed Electrical tomographies in the sanitary landfill of the city of Gualeguychú, province of Entre Ríos: Evidences of contamination
title_sort electrical tomographies in the sanitary landfill of the city of gualeguychú, province of entre ríos: evidences of contamination
publishDate 2009
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00044822_v64_n4_p603_Pomposiello
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00044822_v64_n4_p603_Pomposiello
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