Training and Development Opportunity – USGS Office of Organizational and
Employee Development (OED) - National Training Center (NTC)
Course Title:
Regional Geophysics Workshop
Course Number: GW2587
Date: September 13-16, 2011
Location: USGS Aquifer Test Facility – Idaho WSC – Boise, ID – Conference Room
Start:
Tuesday
September 13th 8:00 am
End:
Friday
September 16th 12:00 noon
Course Registration Deadline Date: August 19, 2011
Course Developer:
John Williams
jhwillia@usgs.gov
518-285-5670
(for course related questions, please contact John Williams)
Tuition: USGS: $700
Payment Line: 888-390-4447
Non USGS: $700
Course Description:
The subject workshop is sponsored by the Office of Groundwater, in cooperation
with the Western Water Field Team and the Idaho Water Science Center (IDWSC).
The workshop will be conducted at the USGS Aquifer Test Facility, on the grounds
of the IDWSC, Boise, ID, to explore geophysical techniques used to characterize
alluvial groundwater systems. The workshop will focus on borehole and surface
geophysical techniques to define characteristics of the alluvial aquifer system
underlying the Facility. Borehole methods including gamma, EM induction,
magnetic susceptibility, NMR, EM flowmeter, and dye-tracer pulse, and surface
methods including 2D resistivity, magnetometer, passive seismic, and seismic
reflection will be demonstrated and applied. The borehole and surface
geophysical data will be used to characterize the lithology and hydraulic
properties of the alluvial deposits and elucidate an inferred fault zone detected
on the basis of previous aquifer-hydraulic tests at the Facility.
The workshop will cover principles, field techniques, and methods for data
analysis through lectures, field demonstrations, and hands-on data analysis.
Course Attendees:
This workshop is recommended for hydrologists, hydrologic technicians, and
hydrologic field assistants involved in or proposing aquifer studies involving the
use borehole and/or surface geophysical methods. Attendees with prior
experience using this technology are encouraged to bring case studies for
presentation to the class.
Attendees will be provided laptops for classroom exercises and field data analysis.
Attendees that prefer to use their own laptop will be responsible for loading the
software used during the workshop. Temporary access badges will be provided
for attendees.
This workshop is open to USGS employees, with preference given to Western
Water Science personnel; cooperators may attend on a space available basis.
Maximum number of students is 20.
Course Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites for this class.
OED-NTC Primary Contact:
Gloria Armstrong - gjarmstr@usgs.gov - 303-445-4676
or
the NTC email address at GS-COden NTC@usgs.gov
Students must register through DOI LEARN. After registering, please send an
email to Alison Waxman (acwaxman@usgs.gov) confirming your registration.
DOI REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS:
ALL DOI CLASS REGISTRATON MUST BE COMPLETED IN DOI LEARN
DOI LEARN – A Department-wide Learning Management System (LMS)
If you have never logged into DOI LEARN, please first visit the DOI LEARN Portal
Page for detailed information:
http://www.doi.gov/doilearn/index.cfm
If you do not know if you have an Account, or have forgotten your Username
and/or Password, please contact the DOI LEARN Help Desk at:
866-466-1998 or doilearn@geolearning.com
To learn more about the system as a whole, see FAQs and How-to Tutorials,
please visit the Human Capital Training Website at:
http://www.usgs.gov/humancapital/ecd/ecd_trainingdoi.html
If you still have DOI LEARN questions, please send an email to:
oeddoilearn@usgs.gov for assistance.
DOI LEARN Class Registration Instructions:
1. Go to the DOI LEARN Portal Page at:
http://www.doi.gov/doilearn/index.cfm
2. Click on “Have an Account? Login Here” on the right side of the screen
and enter your username and password.
3. Once logged in, first verify your Profile is set up correctly, including your
Time Zone and Assigned Supervisor(s). Under your “My Home” tab, you
would click on “Settings and Preferences” then click on “My Profile” and
update as needed. Click “Save” if any changes were made and then click
on “Close Record.”
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Metrics” area and click on “Catalog” on far left side of the screen.
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made to the system; therefore, please be aware that wording and links
may be different at this step than described.
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Schedule Class that you want, click on “Submit Request” and then click
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An auto-generated email will be sent to the Supervisor listed in your
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“My Elective Learning” area. If you or your Supervisor(s) are unsure on
how to complete any of these processes, please visit our FAQs and Howto Tutorials at the Human Capital Training Website:
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Non DOI, OFA, and Cooperator Registration Information/Instructions:
Some classes are available to non-USGS persons who may attend on a space
available basis. Non-DOI attendees include Other Federal Agencies (OFAs),
State/Local Agencies, American/Alaska Tribal Governments, and Cooperators.
Private companies/consultants are not permitted to attend OED classes unless
they meet the status of a cooperator and this can be verified by the host USGS
office.
A cooperator is defined as one who has a current Memorandum of Agreement
(MOA), or a current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), or is currently
working on a Joint Funding Agreement (JFA) with a USGS office. Class approval
steps for a cooperator are as follows:
1. Agreement verification and attendance approval sent to OED via
gjarmstr@usgs.gov from the partnering USGS Office
2. A completed non DOI registration form which can be accessed at the
following URL: http://training.usgs.gov/ntc/nonUSSGreg.html. Email to
gjarmstr@usgs or fax to OED, Attn: Gloria Armstrong, 303-445-4665.
After the above two requirements have been received, the course developer is
afforded the final selection of class participants.
If students are requested to bring personal laptops to the class and additional
software is required, students have the responsibility to contact their local IT staff
to request that a privileged created user account ID be placed on their laptop
BEFORE traveling to the class.
For information regarding:
- Additional class information
- Local transportation,
- Lodging information
- Non DOI, OFA, and Cooperator registration information/instructions,
- Student class tuition policy
Go to: http://training.usgs.gov/ntc/NTC_Announcement.html
Lodging Information:
A block of rooms will be available at a local hotel. Lodging information will be
sent to attendees after the registration deadline.
Regional Geophysics Workshop
GW2587
September 13-16, 2011
Tentative Agenda:
September 13th – Tuesday (Classroom)
0800 – 0815
Introductions and agenda
0815 – 0915
Keynote presentation on hydrogeology and
geophysics in the Boise area
0915 – 0945
Overview of USGS Aquifer Test Facility
0945 – 1000
Break
1000 – 1030
susceptibility
Borehole gamma, EM induction, and magnetic
1030 – 1200
Single- and multi-well analysis of Facility borehole
data with WellCAD
1200 – 1300
Lunch
1300 – 1330
Borehole NMR
1330 – 1400
Borehole flow
1400 – 1415
Break
1415 – 1500
Passive seismic
1500 – 1600
Seismic reflection
1600 – 1630
2D resistivity
1630 – 1700
Field day logistics and overview
September 14th – Wednesday (Field)
0800 – 1700
– 1230
Rotate between 5 stations with lunch from 1130
(1)EM flowmeter
(2)Dye-tracing pulse flow
(3)Borehole NMR
(4)Seismic reflection and magnetometer
(5)2D resistivity and passive seismic
September 15th – Thursday (Classroom)
0800 – 0830
Brief review of field geophysical activities
0830 – 1200
Process and analyze borehole logs
1300 – 1700
Process and analyze surface-geophysical surveys
September 16th – Friday (Classroom)
0800 – 1100
Attendee presentations
1100 – 1200
Wrap-up
INSTRUCTORS
John Lane, Hydrologist; Chief, USGS Branch of Geophysics (Storrs, CT)
John Williams, Hydrologist; USGS NYWCS Groundwater Specialist (Troy,
NY)
James Alton Anderson, Hydrologist; USGS NYWSC (Troy, NY)
Kevin Knutson, Hydro-Tech; USGS ORWSC (Portland, OR)
James Bartolino, Hydrologist; USGS IDWSC Groundwater Specialist
(Boise, ID)
Devin Galloway, Hydrologist; USGS Water Science Field Team GW
Specialist (Sacramento, CA)
Allen Christensen, Hydrologist; USGS CAWSC (San Diego, CA)
Lee Liberty, Research Professor; Boise State University (Boise, ID)