Redox potential distribution of an organic-rich contaminated site obtained by the inversion of self-potential data
Autor: | André Revil, L. Brigaud, A. Soueid Ahmed, Jean-Paul Dupont, Ph. Bégassat, Micheline Abbas, Abderrahim Jardani |
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Přispěvatelé: | Institut de mécanique des fluides de Toulouse (IMFT), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Morphodynamique Continentale et Côtière (M2C), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry]) |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
Hydrology
geography geography.geographical_feature_category 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Groundwater flow Water table Soil science Aquifer 010502 geochemistry & geophysics 01 natural sciences 6. Clean water Plume Electrokinetic phenomena Electrical resistivity and conductivity [SDE]Environmental Sciences Environmental science Electrical resistivity tomography Groundwater 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Water Science and Technology |
Zdroj: | Journal of Hydrology Journal of Hydrology, Elsevier, 2017, 554, pp.111-127. ⟨10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.08.053⟩ |
ISSN: | 0022-1694 |
Popis: | Mapping the redox potential of shallow aquifers impacted by hydrocarbon contaminant plumes is important for the characterization and remediation of such contaminated sites. The redox potential of groundwater is indicative of the biodegradation of hydrocarbons and is important in delineating the shapes of contaminant plumes. The self-potential method was used to reconstruct the redox potential of groundwater associated with an organic-rich contaminant plume in northern France. The self-potential technique is a passive technique consisting in recording the electrical potential distribution at the surface of the Earth. A self-potential map is essentially the sum of two contributions, one associated with groundwater flow referred to as the electrokinetic component, and one associated with redox potential anomalies referred to as the electroredox component (thermoelectric and diffusion potentials are generally negligible). A groundwater flow model was first used to remove the electrokinetic component from the observed self-potential data. Then, a residual self-potential map was obtained. The source current density generating the residual self-potential signals is assumed to be associated with the position of the water table, an interface characterized by a change in both the electrical conductivity and the redox potential. The source current density was obtained through an inverse problem by minimizing a cost function including a data misfit contribution and a regularizer. This inversion algorithm allows the determination of the vertical and horizontal components of the source current density taking into account the electrical conductivity distribution of the saturated and non-saturated zones obtained independently by electrical resistivity tomography. The redox potential distribution was finally determined from the inverted residual source current density. A redox map was successfully built and the estimated redox potential values correlated well with in-situ measurements. |
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