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

地球物理学和水文地质学本科课程现场实验室的建设

• 批准号: 9650520
• 负责人: Laurie Brown
• 金额: $ 2.9万
• 依托单位: University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-07-01 至 1999-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9650520&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Implementation; Field; Laboratory; Undergraduate; Courses

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.

地球科学系认识到实践的重要性，以实地为导向的经验，为本科生，特别是在高就业领域的环境咨询。为此目的，该项目正在建立一个实地实验室，供选修地质学专业中最受欢迎的两门高级选修课程——一般地球物理和水文地质学的学生使用。该地点将位于变质岩床断裂顶部的冰川沉积物中，包括用于地表地球物理勘探的埋藏目标，以及用于标准水文测试和地下水调查的建立观测井。地面地球物理测量是用现有设备进行的，但可以使用额外的设备来提供电阻率、电磁、极低频和地震反射技术，这些技术在环境工业中很常见。该项目还使用了用于泵送试验、段塞试验、孔隙度研究、水质研究和水流调查的基本设备。从该地点收集到的大量地球物理和水文地质数据正在使用动态数字地图的方法储存在CD-ROM上，并将提供给地质界。此外，该地点是现场地球物理和水文地质学的独特教学工具，目前正在向该地区感兴趣的教授和学生提供。