UNLV Engineering Geophysics Laboratory

Non-Intrusive Determination of Landfill Depth Using Seismic Surface Waves

     The SASW method was applied to determine the depths of three covered landfill cells on the Tonopah Test Range (NV), which potentially contained unexploded ordnance. The cells were approximately 10 m wide and 40-80 m in length.  Along with crosshole radar measurements made by another contractor, these investigations were applied to develop a drilling plan, which would enable investigation of the soil close to the cell bottoms without penetrating the cells themselves.
 

 
Larry Hartzell installing spiked geophone.
Rick Stone and Barbara Luke collecting data using a dynamic signal analyzer.
This work was sponsored by IT Corporation and U. S. Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office.

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