Induced Polarization Imaging of a Jet Fuel Plume

Morgan, Frank Dale; Scira-Scappuzzo, Francesca; Shi, Weiqun; Rodi, William; Sogade, John; Vichabian, Yervant; Lesmes, David

doi:10.4133/1.2922649

“…At higher frequencies, the response of the rock is dominated by electromagnetic coupling and the Maxwell-Wagner polarization [Olhoeft, 1985[Olhoeft, , 1986. Because spectral induced polarization can be connected to the electrochemistry of the pore water -mineral interface [Olhoeft, 1985], this method has been proposed to detect and image contaminant plumes such as oil spills [Olhoeft, 1986;Vanhala, 1997;Morgan et al, 1999], benzene and ethylene dibromide plumes [Sogade et al, 2006], and organic-matter-rich contaminant plumes associated with leakages from landfills [Aristodemou and Thomas-Betts, 2000]. However, the work performed to date in geophysical applications has been rather qualitative.…”

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“…[2] Spectral induced polarization is a nonintrusive geophysical method that is able to image the distribution of the magnitude of the complex conductivity (or complex resistivity) and the phase angle between the current and the voltage of porous materials [Olhoeft, 1985;Vanhala, 1997;Morgan et al, 1999;Slater and Lesmes, 2002a]. The magnitude of the resistivity and the phase lag can be written as a complex conductivity or a complex resistivity.…”

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Induced polarization signatures of cations exhibiting differential sorption behaviors in saturated sands

Vaudelet

¹

,

Revil

²

,

Schmutz

³

et al. 2011

Water Resources Research

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[1] Two sets of experiments were designed to understand the change in induced polarization associated with the sorption of copper and sodium, exhibiting distinct sorption behavior on a silica sand. A sand column experiment was first performed to see the change in the complex conductivity during the advective transport of a copper sulfate solution. A second set of experiments was done with the sand at equilibrium with various solutions of NaCl and CuSO 4 . In the first experiment, the copper sulfate solution replaced a sodium chloride solution, keeping the electrical conductivity of the solution nearly constant. During the passage of the copper sulfate solution, the apparent phase angle decreased from 3 6 0.2 to 0.5 6 0.2 mrad, while the magnitude of the conductivity of the sand remained nearly constant. A quantitative model is proposed to explain the change in the complex conductivity as a function of the chemistry assuming a polarization mechanism associated with the Stern layer (the inner part of the electrical double layer coating the water-mineral interface). The Stern layer polarization is combined with a complexation model describing the competitive sorption of copper and sodium at the pore water interface. The change of the phase lag is directly associated with the ion exchange between sodium and copper at the surface of the silica grains. The explanation of the observed phase differences between Na and Cu relies on their different complexation behaviors, with Na being loosely absorbed, while Cu forms relatively strong complexation with both inner (monodentate) and outer sphere (bidentate) complexes. The replacement of Cu 2þ by Na þ is less favorable; therefore, the kinetics of such a replacement is much slower than for the opposite replacement (Na þ by Cu 2þ ). We were able to reproduce the changes in the phase lags at thermodynamic equilibrium near the relaxation frequency and in the frequency domain. These measurements and modeling results open the door to the quantitative interpretation of spectral induced polarization data in the field in terms of quantification of the sorption processes.Citation: Vaudelet, P., A. Revil, M. Schmutz, M. Franceschi, and P. Bégassat (2011), Induced polarization signatures of cations exhibiting differential sorption behaviors in saturated sands, Water Resour. Res., 47, W02526,

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“…e-mail: sogade@erl.mit.edu 1985). Subsequent applications were to environmental problems (Angoran, 1974;Olhoeft and King, 1991;Morgan et al, 1999; Slater and Lesmes, 2002; Briggs et al, 2003 Briggs et al, , 2004.…”

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“…e-mail: sogade@erl.mit.edu 1985). Subsequent applications were to environmental problems (Angoran, 1974;Olhoeft and King, 1991;Morgan et al, 1999; Slater and Lesmes, 2002; Briggs et al, 2003 Briggs et al, , 2004.In recent times, laboratory studies (Olhoeft, 1986; suggested that chemical contamination introduced into rocks or soils produced measurable polarization response compared to clean samples. These observations, and similar ones published subsequently, led many researchers to develop field methodologies to map contaminated soils and aquifers using induced polarization.…”

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Induced Polarization With Electromagnetic Coupling: 3d Spectral Imaging Theory: Emsp Project No. 73836

Morgan¹,

Lesmes²

2004

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, 3D induced polarization data from measurements to map subsurface contaminations of tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethylene, Eos Trans., AGU, 84 (46) , FeedbackNone. Appendices Copy of Publications16 AbstractThis paper reviews the current understanding of induced polarization (IP) source mechanisms gained from laboratory studies as related to the polarization response of contaminated rocks and soils. This review takes the perspective of a prospective user of such information for development of an interpretation methodology for field applications.The prospects for the application of time domain induced polarization (TDIP) or spectral domain induced polarization (SIP) to the problem of locating the subsurface distribution of contamination looked bright in the wake of published data claiming contamination produced measurable polarization response in rocks/soils. However, the literature today is dotted with conflicting reports of the polarization properties of contaminated rocks/soils. We have carried out a significant number of field experiments over contaminated soils and groundwater where inversion of the data successfully located the contaminated regions.However, this review finds that an interpretation methodology that can be applied to field results based on laboratory studies of IP source mechanisms is still lacking. In addition, there is a general difference in the levels of polarization response of contaminated rocks/soils recorded in the field and in laboratory studies raising fresh concerns about the validity of a contamination related polarization signature. A field example is shown that supports significant polarization signature recorded over a site contaminated with Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and Trichloroethylene (TCE). IntroductionInduced polarization phenomena in earth media -rocks, soils, and sedimentshas been known and studied both in the laboratory and field for over 80 years (Schlumberger, 1920; Bleil, 1953;Wait, 1959;Marshall and Madden, 1959). Early applications of induced polarization were to metallic mineral prospecting (i.e. see, Wait, 1959) and groundwater investigations (Vacquier, et al., 1957; Bodmer et al., 1968). Although there were references to logging applications in this period in the U.S.S.R. (Dakhnov et al., 1952(Dakhnov et al., , 1959, IP logging applications did not receive widespread serious considerations until later (Hoyer and Rumble, 1976; Snyder et al., 1977; Vinegar et al., 1 Earth Resources Laboratory, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. e-mail: sogade@erl.mit.edu 1985). Subsequent applications were to environmental problems (Angoran, 1974;Olhoeft and King, 1991;Morgan et al., 1999; Slater and Lesmes, 2002; Briggs et al., 2003 Briggs et al., , 2004.In recent times, laboratory studies (Olhoeft, 1986; suggested that chemical contamination introduced into rocks or soils produced measurable polarization response compared to clean samples. These observations, and similar ones published subsequently, led ma...

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“…Although there were references to logging applications in this period in the U.S.S.R. (Dakhnov et al, 1952(Dakhnov et al, , 1959, IP logging applications did not receive widespread serious considerations until later (Hoyer and Rumble, 1976;Snyder et al, 1977;Vinegar et al, 1985). Subsequent applications were to environmental problems (Angoran, 1974;Olhoeft and King, 1991;Morgan et al, 1999;Slater and Lesmes, 2002;Briggs et al, 2003Briggs et al, , 2004.…”

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Induced Polarization with Electromagnetic Coupling: 3D Spectral Imaging Theory EMSP Project No. 73836

Morgan¹

2003

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, 3D induced polarization data from measurements to map subsurface contaminations of tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethylene, Eos Trans., AGU, 84 (46) , FeedbackNone. Appendices Copy of Publications16 AbstractThis paper reviews the current understanding of induced polarization (IP) source mechanisms gained from laboratory studies as related to the polarization response of contaminated rocks and soils. This review takes the perspective of a prospective user of such information for development of an interpretation methodology for field applications.The prospects for the application of time domain induced polarization (TDIP) or spectral domain induced polarization (SIP) to the problem of locating the subsurface distribution of contamination looked bright in the wake of published data claiming contamination produced measurable polarization response in rocks/soils. However, the literature today is dotted with conflicting reports of the polarization properties of contaminated rocks/soils. We have carried out a significant number of field experiments over contaminated soils and groundwater where inversion of the data successfully located the contaminated regions.However, this review finds that an interpretation methodology that can be applied to field results based on laboratory studies of IP source mechanisms is still lacking. In addition, there is a general difference in the levels of polarization response of contaminated rocks/soils recorded in the field and in laboratory studies raising fresh concerns about the validity of a contamination related polarization signature. A field example is shown that supports significant polarization signature recorded over a site contaminated with Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and Trichloroethylene (TCE). IntroductionInduced polarization phenomena in earth media -rocks, soils, and sedimentshas been known and studied both in the laboratory and field for over 80 years (Schlumberger, 1920; Bleil, 1953;Wait, 1959;Marshall and Madden, 1959). Early applications of induced polarization were to metallic mineral prospecting (i.e. see, Wait, 1959) and groundwater investigations (Vacquier, et al., 1957; Bodmer et al., 1968). Although there were references to logging applications in this period in the U.S.S.R. (Dakhnov et al., 1952(Dakhnov et al., , 1959, IP logging applications did not receive widespread serious considerations until later (Hoyer and Rumble, 1976; Snyder et al., 1977; Vinegar et al., 1 Earth Resources Laboratory, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. e-mail: sogade@erl.mit.edu 1985). Subsequent applications were to environmental problems (Angoran, 1974;Olhoeft and King, 1991;Morgan et al., 1999; Slater and Lesmes, 2002; Briggs et al., 2003 Briggs et al., , 2004.In recent times, laboratory studies (Olhoeft, 1986; suggested that chemical contamination introduced into rocks or soils produced measurable polarization response compared to clean samples. These observations, and similar ones published subsequently, led ma...

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Induced Polarization Imaging of a Jet Fuel Plume

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Induced polarization signatures of cations exhibiting differential sorption behaviors in saturated sands

Induced polarization signatures of cations exhibiting differential sorption behaviors in saturated sands

Induced Polarization With Electromagnetic Coupling: 3d Spectral Imaging Theory: Emsp Project No. 73836

Induced Polarization with Electromagnetic Coupling: 3D Spectral Imaging Theory EMSP Project No. 73836

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