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Philip J. Carpenter
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Environmental Geophysics, Engineering Geology, SeismologyPh.D.
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Research | Teaching | Publications | Personal
NIU
Seismograph Station Data
RESEARCH
Developing methods for
geophysical
(noninvasive) assessment of landfills and
detection of pollution in adjacent aquifers. Field sites in the
U.S. and
China.
Hydroseismicity: assessing the effects of pore pressure and water table variations on earthquakes.
Monitoring and analyzing microearthquakes in the mid-continent ;
TEACHING
I teach a variety of courses for undergraduate non-majors, undergraduate and graduate students majoring in geology. This table provides a listing of the courses I teach, as well as a copy of the most recent syllabus for each course, and the description of the course that appears in the NIU course catalog.
Courses Taught |
Course Name |
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Geol 103 Planetary and Space Science |
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Geol 120 Introductory Geology |
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Geol 425 Engineering Geology |
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Geol 427 Planetary Geoscience |
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Geol 491 Geophysical Well Logging |
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Geol 496 Geophysics |
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Geol 551 Applied Geophysics: Seismic and Electrical |
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Geology 554 Geophysical Field Methods |
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Geol 635 Soil Mechanics |
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Geol 648 Geophysics seminar |
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Geol 651 Reflection Seismology |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Ding,
A.,
L. Cheng, P. Liu, P.J. Carpenter, and Y. Han, 2007, Plant response to
metal
contamination at an oilshale tailing site
in Maoming,
Higuera, I.C.,
P.J. Carpenter, and M.D. Thompson, 2007, Identification of buried
sinkholes
using seismic refraction tomography at Ft. Campbell Army Airfield,
Carpenter,
P.J. and Ekberg, D.W., 2006, Identification of buried sinkholes,
fractures and
soil pipes using ground-penetrating radar and 2D electrical resistivity
tomography: in Anderson, N.L. (Editor) Proceedings
of the 2006 Highway Geophysics – NDE Conference, 437-449.
Carpenter, P.J., A. Ding, L. Cheng, P. Liu and F.
Chu, 2004,
Integrating geological and hydrogeological datasets to map landfill
leachate
seepage: examples from the
Ahmed, S. and P.J. Carpenter, 2003, Geophysical response of filled
sinkholes,
soil pipes and associated bedrock fractures in thinly mantled karst,
east-central Illinois, Environmental Geology, v. 44, p. 705-716.
Carpenter, P.J., A. Ding, L. Cheng, P. Liu, and F. Chu, 2003,
Geophysical and
geochemical characterization of groundwater contamination surrounding
an oil
shale tailings landfill,
Carpenter, P.J., I. C. Higuera-Diaz, M. D. Thompson, S. Atre, and W.
Mandell,
2003, Accuracy of seismic refraction tomography codes at karst sites,
in Proceedings
of the Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and
Environmental Problems (SAGEEP2003), 832-840.
Carpenter, P.J. and S. Ahmed, 2001. Geophysical surveys over karst
recharge
features,
Karaman, A., P.J. Carpenter and C.J. Booth, 2001. Type-curve analysis of water-level changes induced by a longwall mine, Environmental Geology, Vol. 40, 897-901.
Karaman, A., S.S. Akhiev and P.J. Carpenter, 1999, A new method of analysis of water-level response to a moving boundary of a longwall mine: Water Resources Research, v. 35, no. 4, pp. 1001-1010.
Doll, W.E., J.E. Nyquist, P.J. Carpenter, R.D. Kaufmann and B.J. Carr, 1999, Geophysical surveys of a known karst feature: Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee: in G. Fernandez and R. Bauer, Editors, Geo-Engineering for Underground Facilities, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 90, American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 684-694.
Carpenter, P.J., W.E. Doll, and R.D. Kaufmann, 1998, Geophysical character of buried sinkholes on the Oak Ridge Reservation, Tennessee: Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, Vol. 3, p. 133-145.
Johnston, M.A. and P.J. Carpenter, 1998. Use of seismic refraction surveys to identify mine subsidence fractures in glacial drift and bedrock: Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, Vol. 2, p. 213-221.
Carpenter, P.J., 1997. Use of resistivity and EM techniques to map subsidence fractures in glacial drift: Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, Vol. 3, p. 523-536.
Karaman, A. and P.J. Carpenter, 1997. Fracture density estimates in glaciogenic deposits from P-wave velocity reductions: Geophysics, Vol. 62, p. 138-148.
Carpenter, P.J., W.E. Doll and R.D. Kaufmann, 1995. Identification of dolines and karst recharge points using geophysical techniques, Oak Ridge, Tennessee: Proceedings of the 1995 Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, Orlando, FL, Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society, p. 541-550.
Carpenter, P.J., C.J. Booth and M.A. Johnston, 1995. Application of surface geophysics to detection and mapping of mine subsidence fractures in drift and bedrock: Illinois Mine Subsidence Research Program Publication 8, Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, 37 p.
Carpenter, P.J., M.C. Keeley and R.S. Kaufmann, 1994. Azimuthal resistivity surveys over a fractured landfill cover: Bulletin of the Association of Engineering Geologists, Vol. 31, p. 123-131.
Carpenter, P.J., W.E. Doll and B.E. Phillips, 1994. Ground penetrating radar surveys over an alluvial DNAPL site, Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Kentucky: Proceedings of the 1994 Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, Boston, MA, Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society, p. 261-275.
Carpenter, P.J., R.S. Kaufmann and B. Price, 1990. Use of resistivity soundings to determine landfill structure, Groundwater, Vol. 28, p. 569-575.
PERSONAL
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Last revised April, 2003