Thursday, May 13, 2010

ROCK CORE LOGGING FOR HYDROGEOLOGIC PROJECTS:
Assessing Recovery, RQD, Fractures and Stratigraphy

This 90-minute webinar is designed to demystify the confusion associated with measuring rock core recovery and RQD while characterizing stratigraphy and fractures in rock cores.

Confusing methods, conflicting terms, and variations of published techniques have caused professionals to log core inconsistently and sometimes, incorrectly. The contrasting differences between geotechnical applications and hydrogeologic purposes have also contributed to different logging styles and methods that have resulted in insufficient information for hydrogeologic projects.

Learn to log and describe rock core in order to take the mystery out of the subsurface.

We have assembled many of the geographic differences in rock coring terms and designed a webinar that presents these common difficulties along with methods that helps take the mystery out of the subsurface.

This webinar will cover the following topics:

• Measuring core recovery and Rock Quality Determination (RQD)
• Identifying natural core breaks from drilling breaks
• Identifying the importance and application of water loss during coring and drilling
• Photographing rock core and placing and labeling rock cores in the box
• Describing rock cores of various rock types
• Giving context to rock cores by building the litho- and hydrostratigraphic framework
• Assessing fracture networks from rock cores and understanding the story that rock cores are telling

Geologic context is key for success with logging both sediments and rock. In this webinar, we will also present up-to-date procedures for building the hydrogeologic framework during the field activities and their importance and benefits. Characterizing fractures is good, but understanding their context and distribution is a key for confident characterization. This webinar presents the common elements for providing that context.

Pay one site (one computer) registration fee and an unlimited number of participants from your organization can attend at that site.

Participants will receive a handout referencing the webinar topics and discussion.



Each site registration receives a free copy of the FIELD GUIDE FOR ROCK CORE LOGGING AND FRACTURE ANALYSIS. Additional field guides may be purchased for a reduced price with early registration (see registration form for details).







1.5 Professional Development Hour (1.5 PDH) for each verified attendee will be available as a Course Completion Certificate from Northern Illinois University.

Attendees will be invited to actively participate during this live and interactive on-line web seminar. Discussion is planned following the webinar for those who want to continue the session. Bring your questions to the webinar and present them to the instructor and other participants for exploring the best solution.

Instructor Bio

Kenneth Bradbury received his PhD in Geology from the UW-Madison in 1982, and has been a research hydrogeologist/professor with the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, University of Wisconsin-Extension, since that time. He serves as Program Leader of water and environmental programs for the Survey. Ken’s current research interests include groundwater flow in fractured media, aquitard hydrogeology, groundwater recharge processes, wellhead protection, and the hydrogeology of glacial deposits. Ken is the author of numerous scientific papers and reports, is a Fellow in the Geological Society of America, has chaired the National Research Council Committee on Water Resources Research for the U.S. Geological Survey, and is a former member of the National Research Council’s Water Science and Technology Board. In 2007 Ken undertook six weeks of research and teaching in South Africa and Zimbabwe supported by the Fulbright Senior Specialist Program.

Dan Kelleher is a hydrogeologist who strives for excellence and relentless efficiency in subsurface characterization. His technical expertise is quantitative hydrogeology (in porous and fractured media), geotechnical analysis of sedimentary sequences, aquifer testing and predictive ground water modeling Dan earned his bachelor’s degree from Monmouth College and master’s degree at Northern Illinois University. He promotes field analysis during stratigraphic characterization from boring to boring in order to utilize QA/QC processes fully throughout a project and help identify unexpected conditions as soon as they arise.