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Remote Sensing for Site Characterization

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Editors:
  1. Friedrich Kuehn

    1. Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Berlin, Germany

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  2. Trude V. V. King

    1. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Denver Federal Center, Denver, USA

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  3. Bernhard Hoerig

    1. Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Berlin, Germany

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  4. Douglas C. Peters

    1. Peters Geosciences, Golden, USA

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  • Effective geo-scientific methods regarding the problems of industrial waste
  • An indispensable work for scientists working in this field

Part of the book series: Methods in Environmental Geology (METHENVIRON)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Introduction

    • Friedrich Kuehn
    Pages 1-3

  3. Remote Sensing: An Overview of Physical Fundamentals

    • Bernhard Hoerig, Friedrich Kuehn
    Pages 5-8

  4. Obtaining Remote-sensing Data

    • Friedrich Kuehn, Bernhard Hoerig
    Pages 9-31

  5. The Use of Remote Sensing in Waste Disposal Site Investigation

    • Friedrich Kuehn, Bernhard Hoerig
    Pages 33-58

  6. Verification of Remotely Sensed Data

    • Trude V. V. King, Roger N. Clark
    Pages 59-62

  7. Case Studies

    • Friedrich Kuehn
    Pages 63-185

  8. Epilogue

    • Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)
    Pages 187-188

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 189-211
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Friedrich Kuehn The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Germany, in cooperation with scientists from universities, research institutes, and industry, has characterized waste disposal sites in Germany. The work was commissioned by the Federal Environmental Agency (Umweltbundesamt) and funded by the Ger­ man Federal Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Technology (BMBF) as a joint research study called "Methods for the Investigation and Characteriza­ of the Ground below Waste Disposal Sites". tion The primary objective of the study was to increase the understanding of the subsurface characteristics of waste disposal sites using geologic and geophysical methods. The work focused on determination of the thickness and physical/chemi­ cal properties of the lining and underlying rocks, and identification of potential migration paths for fluids in the vicinity of disposal sites. This handbook, "Remote Sensing for Site Characterization", is the first in a se­ ries of planned publications under the general title "Methods in Environmental Geology". It is based on the German edition (Kuehn and Hoerig 1995), which has been considerably expanded by the addition of sections by u.S. and Canadian sci­ entists. This volume illustrates the use of theoretical and technical aspects of air­ borne and satellite-based methods in the study of waste sites and gives examples of their applications.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Berlin, Germany

    Friedrich Kuehn, Bernhard Hoerig

  • U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Denver Federal Center, Denver, USA

    Trude V. V. King

  • Peters Geosciences, Golden, USA

    Douglas C. Peters

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