Taking the Mystery Out of the Subsurface means that we are characterizing the sedimentary succession in terms of understanding how sediments are deposited so we can define geologic units and then predict their likely distribution, uniformity or heterogeneity, unit geometries and physical properties.
It’s not always simple to correlate glacial sediments according to depositional or stratigraphic context.
While it might seem easier to try and rationalize secondary observations such as N-values from blow counts, soil classifications, CPT values, geophysical measurements, water levels, hydraulic testing, contaminant mapping or geochemistry indicators – the challenge is various degrees of uncertainty remain about subsurface properties on every scale....as you likely appreciate becomes the weakest part of "site characterization"....and jeopardizes our projects and reputations.
We as scientists and engineers know there is a better way - it just takes some meaningful training and education....and the pay off is priceless.
- Correct well design and placement
- Reliable potentiometric-surface maps
- Ground-water-monitoring system design
- Remediation-system design
- Excavation and foundation design
- Field management of unanticipated conditions
- Reliable potentiometric-surface maps
- Ground-water-monitoring system design
- Remediation-system design
- Excavation and foundation design
- Field management of unanticipated conditions
Soil Classifications are poorly understood and often misused for the basis of "hydrostratigraphic units" which can easily lead to monstrous mistakes.
You're invited to participate in a comprehensive online course dedicated to Taking the Mystery Out of the Subsurface.....beginning on November 10, 2016.
You will never see the subsurface the same again.
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