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publications > report > geophysical investigation of leachate plume report


U.S. Department of the Interior
US Geological Survey
geophysical investigation of leachate plume report

Geophysical Investigation of Leachate Plume Cross-State Landfill, Palm Beach County, Florida

Report Prepared for U.S. Department of the Interior by Technos Inc.

INTRODUCTION

The Cross-State Landfill is situated 11 kilometers west of West Palm Beach, Florida. Dumping at the landfill, an abandoned shell pit, began in 1956 and continued through 1973.

Technos Inc. was contracted by the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) to make ground conductivity and resistivity measurements in and around the Cross-State Landfill in order to detect and map any leachate migration from the landfill. These surveys used an integrated system of geophysical methods including shallow and deep electromagnetics and resistivity. Technos employed these techniques to produce three contour maps of the bulk ground conductivity to depths of 6 meters (20 feet), 15 meters (50 feet) and 30 meters (100 feet).

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