Matthias Bücker, Adrian Flores Orozco, Carlos Pita, and Andreas Kemna (2015)
Case Study on the Effect of Anthropogenic Noise on Induced Polarization Images of an Oil Spill Site in an Urban Environment.
In: 75. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschft, DGG.
Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) is
widely used for environmental applications. In
recent years, Induced Polarization (IP) has
emerged as a promising tool for the
characterization of different organic and
inorganic contaminants and for the monitoring
of remediation processes. However, most
contaminations occur in urban areas or at
industrial sites, where the presence of cultural
noise (anthropogenic structures) can result in a
distortion of electrical measurements. Hence,
the main objective of this work is to
understand the effect of anthropogenic
structures, such as pipes and reinforced
concrete foundations, on ERT and IP imaging
results.