This paper describes the results obtained with DC resistivity and time domain induced polarization (IP) electrical methods, through the vertical electrical sounding (Schlumberger array) and profiling (dipole-dipole and gradient arrays) techniques. This study was conducted in reduced models, with in tanks containing clay-sand layer and sand layer sediments of the Rio Claro Formation, contaminated with gasoline. Our results demonstrated that the resistivity of the sediments increased significantly, immediately after the contamination, but their chargeability decreased sensibly. The contaminated soils were monitored for ten months, being observed that after six months, the resistivity of the superficial materials became lower, in relation to the readings without contamination, while the chargeability stayed drops. The obtained data were interpreted in a qualitative and quantitative by using 1-D and 2-D models.
Resistivity; chargeability; hydrocarbon derived; contamination
