Diesel transport monitoring in simulated unconfined aquifers using miniature resistivity arrays |
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Authors: | Philippe Sentenac Antonio Montinaro Bernd Kulessa |
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Institution: | (1) Civil Engineering Department, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, G40 NG, UK;(2) School of the Environment and Society, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK |
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Abstract: | The principal aim of this study is to assess the scope of monitoring diesel plume migration in a scaled aquifer model with
a miniaturised electrical resistivity array. Respectively 1000 and 500 ml of diesel were injected in both the unsaturated
and water-saturated zones of a sand body overlying a clay aquitard, and diesel migration was monitored with a miniature electrode
array and an off-the-shelf resistivity meter. Inverted time-lapse electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) data reflect downward
and lateral spreading of the diesel plume away from the injection point in the unsaturated zone. Diesel was also imaged to
spread upwards and laterally away from the injection point in the saturated zone, as controlled by capillary rise. In both
cases later-time ERT images reflected preferential pooling of diesel on the water table, as well as vertical smearing of pooled
diesel in response to simulated water-table fluctuations. Repeat fluid electrical conductivity (EC) and dissolved oxygen (DO)
measurements validate the observed changes in bulk resistivity caused by both diesel injections. Artefacts introduced by 2D
inversion of 3D contaminant transport were abound. Time-lapse ERT imaging of diesel transport is therefore inferred to be
feasible and well-suited to complementing conventional techniques of intrusive site investigation, although time-lapse 3D
or 4D ERT imaging is strongly advocated. |
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