Graphic Products Used in the Evaluation of Traditional and Emerging Remote Sensing Technologies for the Detection of Fugitive Contamination at Selected Superfund Hazardous Waste Sites

By E. Terrence Slonecker and Gary B. Fisher

INTRODUCTION

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This report presents the overhead imagery and field sampling results used to prepare U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1050, “Evaluation of Traditional and Emerging Remote Sensing Technologies for the Detection of Fugitive Contamination at Selected Superfund Hazardous Waste Sites”. These graphic products were used in the evaluation of remote sensing technology in postclosure monitoring of hazardous waste sites and represent an ongoing research effort.

Soil sampling results presented here were accomplished with field portable x-ray fluorescence (XRF) technology and are used as screening tools only representing the current conditions of metals and other contaminants at selected Superfund hazardous waste sites.

First posted March 24, 2011

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For additional information contact:
Terry Slonecker
U.S. Geological Survey
Office of the Regional Executive,
Southeast Area
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, VA 201092
Phone: 703 648-4289
Fax: 703 648-4603

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Suggested citation:

Slonecker, E.T., and Fisher, G.B., 2011, Graphic products used in the evaluation of traditional and emerging remote sensing technologies for the detection of fugitive contamination at selected superfund hazardous waste sites: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1068, 22 p. (Available only at https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1068/.)

Contents

Introduction

Location Diagrams and Imagery

References

Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency