Theses and Dissertations

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Schmitz, Darrel

Committee Member

Mylroie, John

Committee Member

May, James

Date of Degree

8-5-2006

Original embargo terms

Worldwide

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Geosciences

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Department of Geosciences

Abstract

Delta Store #3033 in Indianola, MS is suspected of having had a release of petroleum, which may have contaminated the underlying soil and shallow groundwater. Exploratory boring/monitoring wells were drilled on-site noting all soil formations and groundwater encountered. The soil facies encountered show a fining upward sequence, representative of a fluvial depositional environment. Soil contamination is mostly confined to the surficial soil; however, evaluation of lab data, boring logs, and cross sections suggests it is likely the contamination migrated through the surficial confining layer into the underlying strata. The hydraulic conductivity of 1.2 x 10-5 cm/sec, surficial geology consisting mostly of low and some high plasticity clays (CL and CH), a hydraulic gradient of 0.01 to 0.02 ft/ft, and the presence of an overlying concrete pavement suggests that any recent release of hydrocarbons should be confined to the immediate vicinity under the site.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/20227

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