Sounding and profiling resistivity measurements have been taken worldwide in assisting the investigation of a variety of problems in mineral and groundwater exploration, as well have been extended to the characterization of hazardous waste sites. Despite the utility of geoelectric data in hydrogeologic studies and characterizing abandoned landfills, a major problem in resistivity soundings arises in consequence of the absence of enough open space for data acquisition in such sites. In urban areas, it constitutes a major limitation because a variety of constructions preclude the deployment of arrays with suitable length. Although shallow investigations tend to be successful, the estimation of key parameters describing deeper portions potentially may fail. However, a slightly greater depth of investigation is provided by the dipole-dipole array, in comparison to Schlumberger and Wenner arrays of same size. This dipole-dipole property can be inferred from many studies but probably due to tradition and signal to noise ratio, most soundings are done with Schlumberger or Wenner arrays. In fact, dipole-dipole array is more used as a profiling tool. As far we known, the deeper investigation capacity of 1D dipole-dipole array was neither explored in landfill studies or in site investigation in urban areas. Our study presents field results that highlight the utility of DD soundings in the investigation of such sites.
dipole-dipole soundings; depth of investigation; hydrogeological and environmental studies
