Geophysical Equipment for Hydrogeology, Environmental Geology and Geophysics Field Courses

水文地质学、环境地质学和地球物理学野外课程的地球物理设备

• 批准号: 9750526
• 负责人: Laurie Brown
• 金额: $ 4.05万
• 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: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-06-01 至 2000-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9750526&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Geophysical; Equipment; Hydrogeology; Environmental; Geology

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 university is increasing its capabilities in shallow field geophysics for undergraduate students in geophysics, hydrogeology, and environmental geology courses. A field laboratory is being developed on campus complete with one pumping well, four observations wells, and numerous buried objects for geophysical targets. Existing geophysical equipment allows for investigations of seismic refraction, gravity, and magnetism, but to ensure coverage and experience in the tools most commonly used in the environmental industry, the university is providing additional equipment for electromagnetic, very-low-frequency, ground-penetrating radar and seismic reflection techniques. This equipment is used extensively in five undergraduate courses (two in geophysics, two in hydrogeology, and one in environmental geology) and as the backbone for a new course at the beginning level in Environmental Field Methods. This new course provides field experience at an early level for geology students as well as students from other environmentally oriented programs on campus. The geophysical data are combined with hydrogeologic and environmental data, using the common field site as a laboratory. The extensive geophysical and hydrogeologic data collected from the site are archived on CD-ROM using the method of dynamic digital maps and are made available to the geologic community. In addition, the site, a unique teaching tool for field geophysics and hydrogeology, and the entire range of field equipment, are 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，学校正在为地球物理学、水文地质学和环境地质学的本科生增加浅层地球物理学的能力。校园里正在建设一个现场实验室，配备了一个抽水井，四个观测井，以及许多用于地球物理目标的地下物体。现有的地球物理设备可以用于地震折射、重力和磁力的调查，但为了确保环境行业中最常用的工具的覆盖范围和经验，该大学正在提供电磁、甚低频、探地雷达和地震反射技术的额外设备。该设备广泛应用于5门本科课程（地球物理2门、水文地质学2门、环境地质学1门）和新开设的“环境场方法”初级课程的主干。这门新课程为地质学专业的学生以及其他校园环境专业的学生提供了早期的实地体验。地球物理数据与水文地质和环境数据相结合，利用共同的现场作为实验室。从该地点收集的大量地球物理和水文地质数据采用动态数字地图的方法存档在CD-ROM上，并提供给地质界。此外，还向该地区感兴趣的教授和学生提供现场地球物理和水文地质学的独特教学工具和整套现场设备。＊