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Push-Pull Tests for Site Characterization

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Jonathan David Istok

    1. Dept. Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA

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  • Unique book on push-pull tests in hydrogeology
  • Invaluable to students and lecturers alike
  • Dr. Istok and his team are the leaders in this field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences (LNESS, volume 144)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Jonathan David Istok
    Pages 1-16

  3. Methods

    • Jonathan David Istok
    Pages 17-34

  4. Push-Pull Test History

    • Jonathan David Istok
    Pages 35-38

  5. Applications and Examples

    • Jonathan David Istok
    Pages 39-76

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 77-83
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About this book

The push-pull test is a powerful site characterization technique that has been applied to a wide range of problems in contaminant hydrogeology. The theoretical and practical apsects of push-pull testing were initially developed to characterize groundwater acquifers but the method has now been extended to saturated and unsaturated soils and sediments as well as to surface water bodies. Dr. Istok and his collaborators have been instrumental in the development of these techniques and he is widely recognized as the world's leading expert push-pull testing. This is the only reference book available on this powerful method.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA

    Jonathan David Istok

About the author

Dr. Istok is a tenured professor in the Civil Engineering Department at Oregon State University where he has taught courses in hydrogeology for the last 27 years. He began work on the push-pull test method in 1995 and has conducted hundreds of tests across the US in research funded by federal and state agencies and private industry.

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