7th MINERALS AND GEOTECHNICAL LOGGING SYMPOSIUM

GOLDEN, COLORADO, OCTOBER 24-26, 2000

TECHNICAL PROGRAM


TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24

5:00- 8:00

ICEBREAKER, Holiday Inn, Golden

6:30- 7:00

OVERVIEW OF USGS OFFICE OF GROUND WATER LOGGING PROGRAM, John Williams


WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25

8:00- 8:15

OPENING REMARKS, Frederick Paillet

8:15- 8:30

WELCOME FROM THE MGLS PRESIDENT, Carol LaDelfe

8:30- 8:55

LOGGING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR MINING: AN OVERVIEW, P. G. Killeen (Invited)

8:55- 9:20

A NEW APPROACH TO MEASURING FORMATION RESISTIVITY WITH CAPACITIVE ELECTRODES, C. J. Mwenifumbo, and Q. Bristow

9:20- 9:45

BOREHOLE SPECTRAL g-g DENSITY LOG CALIBRATION IN MASSIVE SULFIDES, K.A. Pflug, C. J. Mwenifumbo and M. Salisbury

9:45-10:30

MORNING BREAK

10:30-10:55

IMAGE LOG INTERPRETATION AND SOFTWARE, Jean-Luc Deltombe (Invited)

10:55-11:20

CHARACTERIZING ENGLACIAL STRUCTURE FROM ANALYSIS OF ACOUSTIC TELEVIEWER LOGS, UPPER FREMONT GLACIER, WYOMING, Roger Morin

11:20-11:45

BOREHOLE WALL IMAGING WITH ACOUSTIC AND OPTICAL TELEVIEWERS FOR FRACTURED-ROCK AQUIFER INVESTIGATIONS, John Williams and Carole Johnson

11:45- 1:15

LUNCH and MGLS Business Meeting

1:15- 1:40

GEOHYDROLOGIC ASSESSMENT OF BEDROCK FOR THE NEW YORK CITY WATER-TUNNEL PROJECT BY USE OF ADVANCED BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES, Frederick Stumm, Frederick Paillet, John Williams, and John Lane

1:40- 2:05

PUSH TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS OF GEOPHYSICAL LOGGING, Wes McCall (Invited)

2:05- 2:30

CHARACTERIZATION OF REACTIVE TREATMENT ZONES CONTAINING GRANULATED IRON USING INDUCTION LOGGING, Anthony L. Endres, Scott D. Piggott, and J. David Redman

2:30- 2:55

MICROHOLE TECHNOLOGY - PROGRESS ON BOREHOLE INSTRUMENTATION DEVELOPMENT, James N. Albright

2:55- 3:30

AFTERNOON BREAK

3:30- 3:55

MAPPING METHANE LEAKS FROM LANDFILLS USING BOREHOLE LOGGING AND MULTI-DEPTH SOIL VAPOR MEASUREMENTS, James H. Viellenave, John V. Fontana, and Brad Sinex

3:55- 4:20

APPLICATION OF DIRECT PUSH SAMPLING AND BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS TO EVALUATION OF GROUND WATER FLOW IN ABANDONED MINE DUMPS, Jim Viellenave, and Richard Wanty

4:20- 4:45

HYDROGEOLOGY OF THE GALENA-PLATTVILLE AQUIFER IN NORTH-CENTRAL ILLINOIS, Robert Kay, James Ursic, Patrick Mills, and Douglas Yeskis

6:30- 8:00

OPTIONAL GROUP DINNER


THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26

8:30-10:00

IMAGE LOG INTERACTIVE SESSION

10:00-10:30

MORNING BREAK

10:30-10:55

ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS OF GEOPHYSICAL LOGGING, James Ursic (Invited)

10:55-11:20

MT SOPRIS MULTI-FREQUENCY ACOUSTIC LOGGING PROBE, Chuck Oden

11:20-11:45

EVALUATION OF HORIZONTAL GROUNDWATER FLOW AND INTER-BOREHOLE (CROSS-HOLE) HYDRAULIC CONNECTIONS USING HYDROPHYSICAL LOGGING, William H. Pedler

11:45- 1:15

LUNCH and INVITED SPEAKER:

DRILLING AND LOGGING AS POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT - THE DENVER BASIN COREHOLE, Kirk Johnson, Denver
Museum of Nature and Science

1:15- 1:40

APPLICATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW MEASUREMENTS TO THE ANALYSIS OF SEAWATER INTRUSION AND BARRIER INJECTION SYSTEMS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, M. W. Newhouse and R. T. Hanson

1:40- 2:05

SIMULATION AND INTERPRETATION OF BOREHOLE FLOW-METER RESULTS UNDER LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLOW CONDITONS, Keith J. Halford

2:05- 2:30

FLOW LOGGING IN DIFFICULT BOREHOLES - MAKING THE BEST OF A BAD DEAL, Frederick L. Paillet

2:30- 2:55

ON THE IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FRACTURES IN IGNEOUS ROCKS-THE OLD AND THE NEW, Helen J. Reeves and George M. Reeves

2:55- 3:30

AFTERNOON BREAK

3:30- 4:30

POSTER SESSION

NOTE: Posters will be on display in the break area throughout the meeting; poster session is set aside for discussion with authors at their displays.

APPLICATION AND COMPARISON OF OPTICAL AND ACOUSTIC BOREHOLE IMAGING, Sugio Imamura, Hiroyuki Azuma, and Derek Merton-Lyn

OPTIMIZATION OF DETECTORS AND PROBE HOUSINGS FOR SPECTRAL g-g DENSITY LOGGING, B. E. Elliott and C. J. Mwenifumbo

APPLICATION OF MULTI-SENSOR BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS TO GOLD EXPLORATION AT THE GIANT MINE, YELLOWKNIFE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, C. J. Mwenifumbo, K. A., Pflug and B. E. Elliott

DETERMINATION OF UNDERGROUND-WATER DYNAMICS AND FILTRATION PROPERTIES OF ROCKS WITH WELL LOGGING MEASUREMENTS, Michal Pitrak

4:30- 4:45

CLOSING COMMENTS

DOOR PRIZE DRAWING: Autographed copy of Logging for Physical Properties

 


INTERACTIVE SESSION

Attendees will be asked to address the question: How to deal with the data stream from borehole imaging devices? MGLS members will be requested to bring specific examples of how they deal with the following issues:

  1. ON SITE PROCESSING
    1. Coping with the data stream
    2. On-site analysis
    3. Field copies for cooperator
    4. Software used on site
    5. Calibration methods
    6. Trouble-shooting in the field
    7. Common types of field data-processing problems
  2. DATA ANALYSIS AND REPORT
    1. Study objectives
    2. How to sort data for significant features
    3. Compare images to logs and samples
    4. Nature of final figures
    5. Cooperator needs and responses
    6. Software platform
  3. ARCHIVING DATA
    1. Data form and format
    2. Indexing and cross-references
    3. Responsibilities to contractor or cooperator

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