Ground-Penetrating Radar Survey of Residual Ground Pollution by Acid Tars

Kristaps Lamsters; Jānis Karušs; Dmitry Porshnov; Viesturs Zandersons; Jurijs Ješkins

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-43922-3_126

Ground-Penetrating Radar Survey of Residual Ground Pollution by Acid Tars

Kristaps Lamsters^*
, Jānis Karušs
, Dmitry Porshnov
, Viesturs Zandersons
, Jurijs Ješkins

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Latvia

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Abstract

In this chapter, we mapped the residual pollution near the southern Inčukalns Acid Tar Lagoon (ATL) in Latvia, Northern Europe using Ground-penetrating Radar (GPR). The southern Inčukalns ATL is now remediated, and Acid Tars (AT) are excavated; however, the moving pollution plume has been identified from the borehole data. Due to the considerable variations in the GPR signal properties in the study area, we were able to interpret the differences in Quaternary sediments as well and correlate them with the borehole data. We have found that the lack of glacial till in places could be the main factor in facilitating the migration of pollution originated from ATL trough the sandy sediments towards the Devonian aquifers. Further, we distinguished a distinct area with increased losses of the GPR signal inside the sandy sediment layer appearing as the sharp lateral discontinuity of the deepest prominent GPR signal. We ascribe it to the enhanced electrical conductivity of groundwater that is related to the contamination by ATs. We have demonstrated that GPR is an effective method for the mapping of soil and groundwater pollution created by ATL and can substantially supplement the conservative monitoring methods.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (3rd Edition) - Proceedings of 3rd Euro Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration, EMCEI-3 2021
Editors	Mohamed Ksibi, Olfa Hentati, Arturo Sousa, Sandeep Panda, Ahmed M. El-Kenawy, Abdelazim Negm, Achraf Ghorbal, Jesus Rodrigo-Comino, José Lopes Velho, Nicola Perilli
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	559-561
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Print)	9783031439216
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43922-3_126
Publication status	Published - 2024

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Name	Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation
ISSN (Print)	2522-8714
ISSN (Electronic)	2522-8722

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1.5 Earth and Related Environmental Sciences

Keywords

Latvia
Acid tar lagoon
Electrical conductivity
Ground contamination
Environmental geophysics

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Lamsters, K., Karušs, J., Porshnov, D., Zandersons, V., & Ješkins, J. (2024). Ground-Penetrating Radar Survey of Residual Ground Pollution by Acid Tars. In M. Ksibi, O. Hentati, A. Sousa, S. Panda, A. M. El-Kenawy, A. Negm, A. Ghorbal, J. Rodrigo-Comino, J. L. Velho, & N. Perilli (Eds.), Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (3rd Edition) - Proceedings of 3rd Euro Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration, EMCEI-3 2021 (pp. 559-561). (Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43922-3_126

Lamsters, Kristaps ; Karušs, Jānis ; Porshnov, Dmitry et al. / Ground-Penetrating Radar Survey of Residual Ground Pollution by Acid Tars. Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (3rd Edition) - Proceedings of 3rd Euro Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration, EMCEI-3 2021. editor / Mohamed Ksibi ; Olfa Hentati ; Arturo Sousa ; Sandeep Panda ; Ahmed M. El-Kenawy ; Abdelazim Negm ; Achraf Ghorbal ; Jesus Rodrigo-Comino ; José Lopes Velho ; Nicola Perilli. Cham : Springer, 2024. pp. 559-561 (Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation).

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Lamsters, K , Karušs, J, Porshnov, D, Zandersons, V & Ješkins, J 2024, Ground-Penetrating Radar Survey of Residual Ground Pollution by Acid Tars. in M Ksibi, O Hentati, A Sousa, S Panda, AM El-Kenawy, A Negm, A Ghorbal, J Rodrigo-Comino, JL Velho & N Perilli (eds), Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (3rd Edition) - Proceedings of 3rd Euro Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration, EMCEI-3 2021. Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation, Springer, Cham, pp. 559-561. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43922-3_126

Ground-Penetrating Radar Survey of Residual Ground Pollution by Acid Tars. / Lamsters, Kristaps ; Karušs, Jānis; Porshnov, Dmitry et al.
Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (3rd Edition) - Proceedings of 3rd Euro Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration, EMCEI-3 2021. ed. / Mohamed Ksibi; Olfa Hentati; Arturo Sousa; Sandeep Panda; Ahmed M. El-Kenawy; Abdelazim Negm; Achraf Ghorbal; Jesus Rodrigo-Comino; José Lopes Velho; Nicola Perilli. Cham: Springer, 2024. p. 559-561 (Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation).

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Lamsters K , Karušs J, Porshnov D, Zandersons V, Ješkins J. Ground-Penetrating Radar Survey of Residual Ground Pollution by Acid Tars. In Ksibi M, Hentati O, Sousa A, Panda S, El-Kenawy AM, Negm A, Ghorbal A, Rodrigo-Comino J, Velho JL, Perilli N, editors, Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (3rd Edition) - Proceedings of 3rd Euro Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration, EMCEI-3 2021. Cham: Springer. 2024. p. 559-561. (Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-43922-3_126

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