Implementing an Environmental Geophysics Field Course

本项目将地球物理纳入本科水文地质与环境专业。正在实施为期五周的环境地球物理实地课程，为学生提供解决环境、水文地质和工程问题所需的地球物理技术的实践经验和应用。其目的是为学生提供综合使用几种地球物理技术的基本原理和经验，以及选择适当方法解决不同环境问题的能力。学生在特定的项目中工作，以实现以下目标：获取，处理和解释地球物理数据，并为他们的项目提供书面报告。该项目专门为最先进的地球物理仪器提供资金。密歇根州西南部的几个地点被选为这门新课程的教学地点。在这些地点进行的水文调查主要集中在含水层特征、污染和含水层脆弱性问题上。利用地球物理技术，学生描述含水层特征并定义污染物羽流，从而获得利用地球物理解决环境问题的宝贵经验。

This project integrates geophysics into the undergraduate hydrogeology and environmental programs. A 5-week environmental geophysics field course is being implemented and provides students with hands-on experience and applications of geophysical techniques necessary in resolving environmental, hydrogeological, and engineering problems. The aim is to provide the students with the essential principles and experience in the integrated use of several geophysical techniques and the ability to select the appropriate method(s) in addressing different environmental problems. Students work on specific projects in order to fulfill the following objectives: acquire, process, and interpret geophysical data, as well as provide written reports for their projects. This project specifically provides funding for state-of-the-art geophysical instrumentation. Several sites within Southwest Michigan have been selected as teaching sites for this new course. Ongoing hydrologic investigations at these sites have centered on aquifer characterization, contamination, and aquifer vulnerability problems. Using geophysical techniques, students characterize an aquifer and define contaminant plumes, thereby gaining valuable experience in the use of geophysics in addressing environmental problems.