ISGS - Highlights Archive 2010

Month

December 2010

Illinois' Biggest Erratic?
New GIS-based Tools Available Online
Carbon Sequestration in Deep Saline Aquifers
New Mine Maps
ISGS Retiree Receives Association Award
Hackley Receives Best Paper Award
Illinois to Join Coastal Zone Management Program
Sessions on Natural Hazards and Land-Ocean-Atmospheric Interaction Processes at AGU Meeting

November 2010

Geologists Have an Angle on Past Glaciations in Illinois
Fullbright Senior Specialist Returns from Egypt Assignment
National Science Foundation Workshop on Rift Initiation and Evolution
pXRF Short Course
FutureGen2

October 2010

ILGISA Award to Lund for ILHAP Project
Dating Illinois Loess and Dune Sand
Earthquake Swarms
GSA 2010 Technical Program

September 2010

Awards and Honors
Chicagoland Geo-Engineering Field Trip
New Publication on Silurian Deposits in Mt. Auburn Trend
Workshop on Geologic Mapping of the Great Lakes with Ocean Bottom Seismographs
Chicago Regional Emergency Management Conference
Enhanced Mine Data Visualization
Prehistoric Chicago on Discovery Channel
Soil Cleanup Objectives
New Visualization Project Funded
Environmental Information for Danish Consulate-General's Office
Monitoring Romeoville Prairie Nature Preserve
Plan for Wetland Creation in Stephenson County
National Disaster Planning

August 2010

New STATEMAP Releases
National Geothermal Data Compilation Project Award
New Carbon Capture Technology Funding Received
Bioswales Research Funded
Havana Requests Assistance with Flooded Wetland

July 2010

2010 Illinois Marathon Map Wins ESRI Cartography Award
Student Worker Helps Find Leaking Steam Vent
Research Opportunities on Climate Change
Scientists Interviewed for News Stories
Several Talks Given on the Chicago Lakefront

June 2010

Staff Member Selected as Fulbright Scholar
Coal Mine Maps Released
Height Modernization Funded for Third Year
Clean Coal Talk Presented
Major Outreach Efforts

May 2010

Public Field Trip Draws Large Crowd
First Phase of Height Modernization Project Completed
Monitoring Wells Installed at Carbon Sequestration Site
Earthquake Hazards Mapping Funded
North-Central AEG Short Course
ISGS Staff Present Talks
DOE-NETL Review Panel

April 2010

Stream Mitigation Guidelines
Biodiesel Waste Reuse Studied
Monitoring Well Drilling Started
Significant Results and Project Completions
New Projects Funded
Scientific Meetings
Outreach Efforts
M.S. Thesis Defended

March 2010

Joint Project with Kentucky Geological Survey Completed
New Projects Funded
Talks Given at Scientific Meetings
Outreach Efforts

February 2010

New Coverages Added to ILOIL
Groundwater Impacts on Coastal Ecosystems
Sediment Source for Sand Dunes in the Green River Lowland
STATEMAP Funds Awarded
Kane County, Illinois, Earthquake Media Contacts
"America's Ice Age" on the History Channel
Display for Land Surveyors Association Meeting
Illinois Association of Groundwater Professionals Meeting
ISGS Staff Present Seminars

January 2010

Illinois State Mineral Still Newsworthy
Water Supply Planning in Northeastern Illinois
Artifact Analyses
Methane Investigation at Central Illinois Landfill
Haiti Earthquake Aftermath: Urgent Action Needed to Improve Scientific Communication
Presentation Given on Midwest Earthquakes
Survey Scientist Interviewed on Quad Cities Earthquakes
Building Library Collection

Updated 02/29/2012 SLD