| Abstract: | Two passive soil-vapor sampling techniques were used in the vicinity of a defense fuel supply point in Hanahan, South Carolina, to identify areas of potential contamination of the shallow water table aquifer by volatile organic compounds (VOC‘s). Both techniques involved the burial of samplers in the vadose zone and the saturated bottom sediments of nearby streams. One method, the empty-tube technique, allowed vapors to pass through a permeable membrane and accumulate inside an inverted empty test tube. A sample was extracted and analyzed on site by using a portable gas chromatograph. As a comparison to this method, an activated-carbon technique, also was used in certain areas. This method uses a vapor collector consisting of a test tube containing activated carbon as a sorbent for VOC‘s. |
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| Citation Author: | Robertson, J. F.; Aelion, C. M.; Vroblesky, D. A. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 24 p. :maps ;28 cm. [PGS - 25 p.] |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey ;
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| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 93-4176 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Distribution of volatile organic compounds in soil vapor in the vicinity of a defense fuel supply point, Hanahan, South Carolina; 1993; WRI; 93-4176; Robertson, J. F.; Aelion, C. M.; Vroblesky, D. A. |
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| Text: | Distribution of volatile organic compounds in soil vapor in the vicinity of a defense fuel supply point, Hanahan, South Carolina; 1993; WRI; 93-4176; Robertson, J. F.; Aelion, C. M.; Vroblesky, D. A. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1993/4176/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1993/4176/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey ;
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