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Geostatistical risk estimation at waste disposal sites in the presence of hot spots

Komnitsas Konstantinos, Modis Kostas

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URIhttp://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/46C8845D-7C31-40FA-BEA0-6A01EAD869AF-
Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.09.027-
Languageen-
Extent5en
TitleGeostatistical risk estimation at waste disposal sites in the presence of hot spotsen
CreatorKomnitsas Konstantinosen
CreatorΚομνιτσας Κωνσταντινοςel
Creator Modis Kostasen
PublisherElsevieren
DescriptionΔημοσίευση σε επιστημονικό περιοδικό el
Content SummaryThe present paper aims to estimate risk by using geostatistics at the wider coal mining/waste disposal site of Belkovskaya, Tula region, in Russia. In this area the presence of hot spots causes a spatial trend in the mean value of the random field and a non-Gaussian data distribution. Prior to application of geostatistics, subtraction of trend and appropriate smoothing and transformation of the data into a Gaussian form were carried out; risk maps were then generated for the wider study area in order to assess the probability of exceeding risk thresholds. Finally, the present paper discusses the need for homogenization of soil risk thresholds regarding hazardous elements that will enhance reliability of risk estimation and enable application of appropriate rehabilitation actions in contaminated areasen
Type of ItemPeer-Reviewed Journal Publicationen
Type of ItemΔημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτέςel
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
Date of Item2015-11-02-
Date of Publication2009-
SubjectGeostatisticsen
SubjectSpatial trenden
SubjectRisk assessmenten
SubjectCoal wastesen
SubjectHot spotsen
Bibliographic CitationK. Komnitsas, K. Modis ," Geostatistical risk assessment at waste disposal sites in the presence of hot spots," Journal of Hazardous Materials,vol. 164, no. 2-3, pp. 1185–1190, May. 2009. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.09.027en

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