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Northern
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   Environmental Geosciences

Hydrogeology and Environmental Geosciences Faculty
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Eugene
Perry 		Colin
Booth 		Phil
Carpenter 		Melissa
Lenczewski

Environmental
Geochemistry,
Hydrogeology,
Economic Geology

Hydrogeology

Environmental and
Groundwater Geophysics

Geomicrobiology,
Organic Geochemistry,
Contaminant
Hydrogeology

For information on groundwater studies programs:

Hydrogeology
Image of a student bailing a well

This image on the main page, which is a link you may have selected to reach here, is of graduate student Rebecca Reid ( now Cooper ) in the field, using a bailer in a well to get a sample of groundwater for analysis. The bit of pvc pipe standing up to the left of her is a piezometer, used in determining the elevation of the local groundwater surface. A map of groundwater surface elevations provides information about the direction of flow, and is a fundamental tool in the study of groundwater. Select the "Hydrogeology" link, above, to see a larger copy of the picture and find information on groundwater studies programs.