The Bergton Project is Complete! Check it out! (You'll need Google Earth, though!)

The Geology BRCC students at Broadway have worked hard, but their effort has paid off. Check out their work by downloading the .kmz file here (It should open automatically in Google Earth, if you already have it installed. If you don't, you can download and install it for free, here.

Enjoy!

Today's Activity

In class today, Geology BRCC folks, we will be using an online activity through the Earth Exploration Toolbox. Our purpose is to analyze plate motion using GPS data that has been collected via GPS monuments in northwestern Washington State. The directions are straightforward and easy to follow.

You may not be able to download the data directly for the SEAT site. If not, then use the already prepared data file provided by the activity.

You can access the lab here.

I will need to take some screen shots of your work during the period. I will either save them on my flash drive or on public files. In either case, I'll be walking around looking for good stuff...so be on task! :):)

Bergton Cross-section

More data

Useful sites for finding some discussion of water parameters

EPA Water and Maximum Contaminant levels (MCLs)

Another great site...

Bergton Data

Below are graphs assembled by the Geology BRCC class at Broadway that show the empirical data from our study of the groundwater chemistry in Bergton, VA. The sites have been numbered to protect the anonymity of well owner. These private wells average about 50 ft in depth and are drilled in siliciclastic rocks west of Brocks Gap, VA. The data was collected and analyzed in part, in the field, using an electronic conductivity, pH, Salinity meter and an alkalinity field titration kit. The anions and cations were analyzed in the James Madison University geology department's groundwater geochemistry lab using a Varian AA240 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (Cations) and a Dionex DX-120 Ion Chromatograph (Anions). More data, taken from the carbonate rocks east of Brock's Gap, is forthcoming, as is a fuller interpretation of the entire data set.

Geologic Mapping Data

Is here!