AAPG Studies in Geology No. 48 / SEG Geophysical References
Series No. 11, Chapter 11: Assessment of Subsurface Hydrocarbon
Contamination Resulting from Multiple Releases at Six Former Bulk-fuel Storage and
Distribution Terminals, Austin, Texas: A Case Study, by
Patrick N. Agostino, Rufus J. LeBlanc Jr., and Victor T. Jones III, Pages 299 - 325
from:
AAPG Studies in Geology No. 48 /
SEG Geophysical References Series No. 11: Surface
Exploration Case Histories: Applications of Geochemistry, Magnetics, and Remote Sensing,
Edited by Dietmar Schumacher and Leonard A. LeSchack
Copyright © 2002 by The American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the
Society of Exploration Geophysicists. All rights reserved.
Chapter 11
Assessment of Subsurface Hydrocarbon Contamination Resulting from Multiple Releases
at Six Former Bulk-fuel Storage and Distribution Terminals, Austin, Texas: A Case Study
Patrick N. Agostino
Exploration Technologies, Inc.
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Rufus J. LeBlanc Jr.
Exploration Technologies, Inc.
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Victor T. Jones III
Exploration Technologies, Inc.
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
ABSTRACT
Exploration geochemical methods developed and used by the petroleum industry can be
invaluable for environmental site characterizations. Many of these methods are not used
because they are unfamiliar to environmental scientists and to most regulatory agencies.
The rule-of-thumb methods of site characterization (randomly placed monitoring wells, EPA
method analyses for target compounds, and the like) are rarely adequate to fully delineate
and explain the nature and distribution of subsurface contamination.
