| An Examination of Protocols for The Collection of Munitions-Derived Explosives Residues on Snow-Covered Ice |
APR 2005 |
68 pages |
| Authors:
Michael R. Walsh; Marianne E. Walsh; Charles A. Ramsey; Thomas F. Jenkins; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER HANOVER NH COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB
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 | Range contamination and sustainability are major issues for the United States military. Training is a critical factor in force readiness, and the availability of ranges is crucial to this need. To determine the impact of training on ranges, data are required on the deposition of explosives residues from live-fire and blow-in-place detonation of munitions. A method of sampling on snow-covered ranges, the discrete sampling method, was developed by the Army's ... |
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| Estimating Energetic Residue Loading on Military Artillery Ranges: Large Decision Units |
MAR 2005 |
63 pages |
| Authors:
Alan D. Hewitt; Thomas F. Jenkins; Charles A. Ramsey; Kevin L. Bjella; Thomas A. Ranney; Nancy M. Perron; COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
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| Sampling experiments were conducted at three artillery/mortar impact ranges at Fort Hood, Texas; 29 Palms, California; and Fort Carson, Colorado, and at a mortar firing point at Fort Carson. The objective of these investigations was to assess the use of multi-increment sampling as a means of estimating the concentrations and mass loading of energetic compounds in surface soils for decision units ranging in size from 100 to 10,000 m2. In ... |
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| Collection Methods and Laboratory Processing of Samples from Donnelly Training Area Firing Points, Alaska, 2003 |
MAR 2005 |
74 pages |
| Authors:
Marianne E. Walsh; Charles A. Ramsey; Charles M. Collins; Alan D. Hewitt; Michael R. Walsh; Kevin L. Bjella; Dennis J. Lambert; Nancy M. Perron; COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
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| At firing points for 105-mm howitzers, 2,4-DNT is detectable in the surface soils. 2,4-DNT is listed as a hazardous substance by the EPA and several states, including Alaska. Sample collection methods and laboratory subsampling procedures were developed to estimate the mean concentration of 2,4-DNT at a sparsely vegetated firing point. Collection of replicate 50-increment samples, where the <2-mm fraction was approximately 3 kg, was found to be adequate to estimate ... |
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| Collection Methods and Laboratory Processing of Samples From Donnelly Training Area Firing Points, Alaska, 2003 |
MAR 2005 |
74 pages |
| Authors:
Marianne E. Walsh; Charles A. Ramsey; Charles M. Collins; Alan D. Hewitt; Michael R. Walsh; Kevin L. Bjella; Dennis J. Lambert; Nancy M. Perron; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER HANOVER NH COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB
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| At firing points for lO5-mm howitzers 2,4-DNT is detectable in the surface soils 2,4-DNT is listed as a hazardous substance by the FPA and several states including Alaska. Sample collection methods and laboratory subsampling procedures were developed to estimate the mean concentration of 2,4-DNT at a sparsely vegetated firing point. Collection of replicate 5O-increment samples where the <2-mm fraction was approximately 3 kg, was found to be adequate to estimate ... |
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| Sampling Strategies Near a Low-Order Detonation and a Target at an Artillery Impact Area |
NOV 2004 |
45 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas F. Jenkins; Alan D. Hewitt; Thomas A. Ranney; Charles A. Ramsey; Dennis J. Lambert; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER HANOVER NH COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB
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| Field sampling experiments were conducted at the firing range at Fort Polk, Louisiana. The objectives were to determine the spatial distribution and best approach for collecting representative surface soil samples to estimate mean concentrations of residues of high explosives at two types of potential source zones: (1) an area near a low-order PARTIAL detonation of an 81-mm mortar and (2) an artillery/mortar target. Soil sampling near the low-order detonation revealed ... |
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