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Record Nr.

UNINA9910437936303321

Autore

Istok Jonathan David

Titolo

Push-pull tests for site characterization / / Jonathan David Istok

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer, 2013

ISBN

1-283-62666-7

9786613939111

3-642-13920-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (92 p.)

Collana

Lecture notes in earth system sciences, , 2193-8571 ; ; 144

Disciplina

551.49

Soggetti

Engineering geology

Building sites

Soil mechanics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Push-pull tests -- Setting up a site -- Evaluation of site -- Improvement of site -- Long-term prognosis -- The shape of things to come -- Analysis.

Sommario/riassunto

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 aspects of push-pull testing were initially developed to characterize groundwater aquifers but the method has now been extended to saturated and unsaturated soils and sediments and 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 in push-pull testing, This is the only reference book available on this powerful method.