Implementation of a Field Laboratory for Undergraduate Courses in Geophysics and Hydrogeology

地球科学系认识到动手，面向现场的经验对本科生的重要性，特别是在环境咨询的高就业领域。为此，该项目正在建立一个野外实验室，供地质学专业最受欢迎的两门高年级选修课-普通地球物理学和水文地质学的学生使用。 该场址将位于断层变质基岩顶部的冰川沉积物中，包括用于地面地球物理勘探的埋藏目标和用于标准水文测试和地下水调查的既定观测威尔斯。目前正在利用现有设备进行地面地球物理测量，但也可利用额外设备提供环境行业常用的电阻率、电磁、甚低频和地震反射技术。该项目还使用了用于抽水试验、段塞试验、孔隙度研究、水质研究和水流调查的基本设备。 从该场址收集的大量地球物理和水文地质数据正在利用动态数字地图的方法存入光盘，并将提供给地质界。此外，该网站是野外地球物理学和水文地质学的一个独特教学工具，目前正提供给该区域感兴趣的教授和学生。

The Geosciences Department recognizes the importance of hands-on, field-oriented experiences for undergraduates, especially in the high employment area of environmental consulting. To this end, the project is establishing a field laboratory for use by students in General Geophysics and Hydrogeology, two of the most popular upper-level elective courses in the Geology major. The site, to be located in glacial deposits sitting on top of faulted metamorphic bedrock, includes buried targets for surface geophysical exploration and established observation wells for standard hydrologic testing and groundwater investigation. Surface geophysical measurements are being made with existing equipment, but additional equipment can be used to provide exposure to electrical resistivity, electromagnetic, very low frequency, and seismic reflection techniques common in the environmental industry. Basic equipment used to allow for pumping tests, slug tests, porosity studies, water quality studies, and water flow investigations are also being used in this project. The extensive geophysical and hydrogeologic data collected from the site is being archived on CD-ROM using the method of dynamic digital maps and will be made available to the geologic community. In addition, the site, a unique teaching tool for field geophysics and hydrogeology, is being made available to interested professors and students in the region.