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Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020

Filed:

May. 07, 2018
Applicant:

The Mitre Corporation, McLean, VA (US);

Inventor:

Robert Latham, Springfield, VA (US);

Assignee:

The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/24 (2006.01); G01N 21/3563 (2014.01); G01N 23/207 (2018.01); G01N 23/223 (2006.01); G01N 21/79 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/24 (2013.01); G01N 21/3563 (2013.01); G01N 21/79 (2013.01); G01N 23/2076 (2013.01); G01N 23/223 (2013.01); G01N 2021/3572 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method, systems, and techniques for determining the age of an underground space are provided. In some embodiments, determining the age of an underground space comprises taking soil samples from a plurality of surface locations within a second underground space, analyzing the soil samples from the plurality of surface locations to determine an amount of a chemical compound for each soil sample, and determining an age of the second underground space using one or more relationships based on amounts of the chemical compound measured in a plurality of soil samples taken over a period of time in a first underground space and a baseline amount of the chemical compound at one or more locations remote from both the first underground space and the second underground space.


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