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Seminar on Applied Geophysics

Our Friends at Collier Consulting and GeoSurvey Systems have organized a series of seminars on Applied Geophysics to be presented at 3 different times and locations in Texas this summer. However, there surely is no requirement of Texas residency to attend as all are welcome. Be sure to add this to your calendar! Additional information and registration packet are available from our ...

Jun. 22, 2016

By Exploration Instruments, LLC

NGWA offers course on borehole geophysical logging

The National Ground Water Association is offering the course, “Borehole Geophysical Logging for Water Resources/Water Supply Applications,” April 11-13 in San Jose, California. The objective of this course is to provide a basic framework and criteria for the use of borehole geophysics (wireline logs) in the design or rehabilitation/abandonment of resource/water supply wells. ...

Feb. 22, 2011

By National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

Using airborne geophysics for pre-construction engineering

Aeroquest Limited recently completed an airborne survey in Namibia for pre-construction engineering of the electrode station at Gerus for the Caprivi Link Interconnector Converter Stations Project. The project is for the construction of a 350 kV DC overhead power transmission between the Zambezi converter station at the Caprivi strip and the Gerus converter station in central Namibia. Ideally the ...

Jul. 11, 2008

By Geotech Ltd.

Research on Soil Chamber Pressure Published in Journal of Geophysical Research

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA - LI-COR Senior Application Scientist Liukang Xu, Ph.D., led a group of LI-COR scientists and engineers in a research effort to examine pressure effects on chamber-based soil CO2 flux measurements. The results of this study were recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR), an American Geophysical Union publication. Findings of the research show that ...

Jul. 31, 2006

By LI-COR

Interactions between soil related sciences – linking geophysics, soil science and digital soil mapping

iSOIL is a collaborate project co-funded by the Research DG of the European Commission within the RTD activities of the FP7 Thematic Priority Environment. iSOIL will develop, validate and evaluate concepts and strategies for an improved soil mapping. Therefore, three topics are of major methodological interest (1) Development of geophysical techniques, (2) Development of geophysical transfer ...

Jan. 12, 2010

By European Commission, JRC, Institute for Energy

ASTM D6429 - 99(2011)e1 standard guide for selecting surface geophysical methods

This guide applies to commonly used surface geophysical methods for those applications listed in Table 1. The rating system used in Table 1 is based upon the ability of each method to produce results under average field conditions when compared to other methods applied to the same application. An “A” rating implies a preferred method and a “B” rating implies an alternate ...

Sep. 26, 2011

By ASTM International

Silixa to present at the American Geophysical Union’s 48th Annual Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California, USA, on 17-18 December, 2015

Silixa will be presenting at AGU’s Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California, USA on 17 and 18 December, 2015. The first presentation, entitled Challenges in Ecohydrological Monitoring at Soil-Vegetation Interfaces: Exploiting the Potential for Fibre Optic Technologies, will detail the methodological background to a DTS based soil moisture monitoring project carried out in ...

Oct. 27, 2015

By Silixa Ltd

Networks in the climate system: novel approach by young scientist awarded

For his pioneering research on complex networks in our climate system a young scientist of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) received a prestigious prize. He was awarded by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) at a meeting in San Francisco attended by more than 22,000 earth and space scientists this week. By applying mathematical analysis to, for instance, data from drills ...

Dec. 10, 2013

By The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

DOE US$78m fund to promote enhanced geothermal systems

At the National Geothermal Conference in Reno, Nev., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable Energy Steve Chalk announced the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) awards under a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for research, development and demonstration of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) for next-generation geothermal energy technologies. Subject to annual appropriations, the ...

Oct. 7, 2008

By US Department of Energy

NREL fills key leadership role for energy systems integration

Bryan J. Hannegan will join the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory on June 24 as associate laboratory director for Energy Systems Integration, a critical area of research and development that addresses challenges of integrating clean energy sources into the national energy infrastructure. Hannegan joins NREL from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) where he ...

Jun. 17, 2013

By National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Engineered Treatment Systems (ETS) announces Norman Ammerer as Industry Segment Manager

Engineered Treatment Systems (ETS), a leading manufacturer of ultraviolet disinfection systems, is pleased to announce Norman Ammerer has joined our team. Norman has over 25 years of global water treatment experience, with an emphasis on the proper application of disinfection technologies and advanced oxidation sytems in a broad variety of industrial processes. Norman earned a BSc in Geology and ...

Aug. 27, 2013

Satellite cluster proves link between pollution and weather systems

Using data from instruments in a constellation of NASA and French satellites, scientists are learning more about the link between clouds, pollution and rainfall. Four NASA satellites - Aqua, Aura, CloudSat and CALIPSO and the French Space Agency's PARASOL - make up the string of satellites in the Afternoon Constellation, more commonly called the A-Train. They orbit only eight minutes apart ...

May 28, 2008

By Environment News Service (ENS)

Sercel Delivers Two 508XT Land Acquisition Systems to One of the Largest Russian Oil Service Companies

CGG announced today that Sercel has delivered two of its new-generation 508 land seismic acquisition systems, representing a total of 12,000 channels, to Bashneftegeofizika, one of the largest oil service companies in the Russian Federation. The Sercel 508 land acquisition system was selected for its unique game-changing cross-technology (X-Tech) architecture which combines the benefits of cable ...

May 31, 2016

By CGG

Argillon Americas is providing a SINOx® Selective Catalyst Reduction (SCR) System at the Port of Long Beach, California for a Very Unique Application

The SINOx® SCR system will abate emissions of Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) from Mitsubishi cargo ships loading and unloading bulk material at the Port of Long Beach, California. The SINOx® System will remove harmful emissions from the auxiliary diesel engines that are producing electric power while at berth. These cargo ships generate emissions while entering and exiting the port, and the SINOx® SCR ...

Aug. 22, 2007

New report shows trend toward larger offshore wind systems, with 11 advanced stage projects proposed in U.S. Waters

The Energy Department today released a new report showing progress for the U.S. offshore wind energy market in 2012, including the completion of two commercial lease auctions for federal Wind Energy Areas and 11 commercial-scale U.S. projects representing over 3,800 megawatts (MW) of capacity reaching an advanced stage of development. Further, the report highlights global trends toward building ...

Oct. 23, 2013

By US Department of Energy

Argillon LLC has been awarded a contract from Mitsubishi Cement Corporation to provide a SINOx® Selective Catalyst Reduction (SCR) system at the Port of Long Beach, California.

Argillon LLC of Alpharetta, Georgia announced today that it has received a significant contract to provide a SINOx® SCR system that will abate emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from Mitsubishi cargo ships that are loading/unloading bulk material at the Port of Long Beach, CA. These cargo ships produce emissions while entering and exiting the port and the SINOx® SCR system provided by Argillon ...

Dec. 5, 2006

Borehole Cameras

We have uploaded the technical specs of our borehole cameras range. In cooperation with MPI,we retail and support the following range of products: Underwater camera video systems for viewing water wells and vertical and horizontal boreholes Finding ground water pollution and ground water contamination inflows into wells Inspection camera systems ...

Feb. 26, 2013

By Geomorph Instruments

Study to Uncover Yellowstone’s Subsurface Mysteries

A new study providing an unprecedented regional view of the earth’s crust beneath Yellowstone National Park will begin with a helicopter electromagnetic and magnetic (HEM) survey on November 7, 2016. Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey, University of Wyoming and Aarhus University in Denmark hope to distinguish zones of cold fresh water, hot saline water, steam, clay and unaltered ...

Nov. 3, 2016

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Study: A third of global groundwater basins are overstressed

Satellite data show people are overdrawing water from some of the world's largest groundwater basins. Researchers from the University of California, Irvine say it's unclear how much water is left in the most overburdened aquifers. The problem is expected to worsen with climate change and population growth. Using measurements taken by NASA's twin Grace satellites, scientists found the most ...

Jun. 16, 2015

By Associated Press

OCTIO announces integration of Aanderaa sensors for environmental monitoring

OCTIO is pleased to announce an agreement with Aanderaa Data Instruments AS (AADI), to integrate their line of oceanographic sensors into OCTIO’s ReM System. In addition to subsurface measurements, the ReM system will now also provide measurements of the water column from ocean bottom to sea surface. Helge Brandsæter, CEO of OCTIO Geophysical, comments: “Aanderaa Data ...

Oct. 29, 2010

By Aanderaa Data Instruments - a Xylem brand

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