ISGS - Highlights Archive 2006

December

ISGS Presents Awards
2005 Orthoimagery Data Distribution
ISGS Presentation Earns Honors
Log Scanning Project Update
Mercury Emission Control Research
ISGS Filter Press
Staff Member Assists Coordination Between Agencies and Railroads

November

ISGS Celebrates Earth Science Week
Fall Field Trip Attracts Large Crowd
ISGS Assists in Production of Earthquake Preparedness Video
PTTC Workshop Held on Detecting, Maintaining, and Repairing Casing Integrity
ISGS Assists IDOT with Extranet Training and Development
ISGS Staff Assist Mining Operations
Assistance Provided to IEPA
New Fly Ash Project Funded
Geological and Pedological Controls on Grain Size and Sedimentation Rates for Peoria Loess Deposits in Illinois

October

ISGS Geologists Receive Awards
ISGS Participants in IDOT Fall Program Meeting
Six Abandoned Coal Mine Maps Completed
Oil Potential from Lower Paleozoic Rocks
Geologic Mapping Efforts Contribute to Local Education about Glacial Geology and Groundwater Resources
Results of Geologic Mapping Provides Information for Local Planning
Detection of Carbon Dioxide Emissions in a Field of Soybeans Using Airborne Thermal Infrared Imagery

September

Update on Geologic Quadrangle Mapping
Two ICCI Contracts Awarded to ISGS
Coal Bed Methane Talks Given
Geologist Interviewed for Chicago Tribune Story
ISGS Provides Input to McHenry County Proposed Development
Geochemist to Assist IEPA
ISGS Assists in Evaluating Mitigation Alternatives for Tritium Releases

August

Kane County Receives Federal Grant for ISGS and ISWS Water Project
Environmental Planning Begins on Major Chicago Transportation Project
Preparations for Central United States Earthquake Exercise
Southwestern Illinois Cave Deposits May Hold Evidence for Past New Madrid Seismic Zone Earthquakes
Concrete from Fly Ash Research Generates Outside Interest
Preparations for Cave-In-Rock Field Trip Yield Interesting Findings
Talk Given on Coal Bed Methane
The ISGS Hosts Researchers from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

July

Study Completed on Markets for Activated Carbon from Corn Fiber
Asbestos Task Force Report for Illinois Beach State Park Released
Transportation Research Board (TRB) Summer Workshop
Coal Education Workshop
Near and Far Science in Illinois (NFSI) Workshops
Evaluation of Seismic Shaking Risk in the St. Louis Metro Region: ISGS Collaborates with the Univ. of Missouri-Rolla
Suburban Development in Champaign Area Provides Examples of Variation in Local Surficial Geology and an Opportunity to Understand Climate After the Ice Age
Staff Participate in Utility Locating Exercise

June

New Detailed Imagery of Northeastern Illinois is Available Online - June 2006
Waterflood Data Goes Online - June 2006
"The Magnificent Mile" Assessment Completed - June 2006
Illinois River Sediment Sampling - June 2006
Workshop Presented on Well Log Analysis - June 2006
Downhole Logging Helps Evaluate Quarry Geology - June 2006
Information Provided on Limestone for Power Plants - June 2006

May

ISGS Participates in Grundy County Public Forum
CO2 Sequestration into Coal: Sensitivity Study Completed
Busy Month for Educational Outreach
Fly Ash Brick Project Environmental Feasibility Study Completed
Groundwater Papers Presented in Several Professional Venues
Earthquake Information Input for Building Code Maps
Kendall County Groundwater Study Field Work Begins

April

Centennial Lexture Series Speakers Address the Community and the University
Village of Lake Barrington Fen Work Reaches Successful Conclusion
Annual Review of Industrial Minerals Completed
ISGS Serves as Advisor to Wetlands Monitoring Program
A Multi-channel Land Streamer System for Surface-Wave Surveys
Poster on Illinois Oil Potential Presented
Environmental Assessments Taught at University of Illinois
ISGS at Geology Shows

March

ISGS Centennial Open House
Earthquake Exercises - Illinois Emergency Management Agency
Groundwater Legislative Conference
Macon County Conservation District Assistance
Coal Mine and Coalbed Methane Information Provided
Interactive Oil Database Demonstrated
Honors and Awards
Reports Released

February

Bricks From Fly Ash
Chicago River Student Congress
Investigation of Seeps Along the Fox River
Pecatonica Prairie Parkway Project Completed
Requests for Oil-Related Information Increasing
Method Developed for Estimating Background and Threshold Nitrate Concentrations
Wetlands Studies at Wagner Fen

January

Prairie Parkway Project completed
Central Great Lakes Geologic Mapping Coalition (CGLGMC) - ISGS Geologists Deliver Update on Mapping Project at Annual Meeting
Energy Facilities Screening in Illinois: GIS Guide to Coal Avaliability and Resource Development in Illinois
ISGS Staff Member Becomes Head of Groundwater Association
Clay and Shale Resources for Bricks
Search for Arsenic Sources in an Aquifer

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