Tag Archives: hydrogeology

Scenic Saturday: The Temple

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Anne Jefferson

Right now I have a graduate student working on a project to understand the effects of stream restoration in altering patterns of groundwater-stream exchange. She’s working in four stream reaches with varying restoration patterns and watershed land uses. In one … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, fieldwork, geomorphology, hydrology, photos

Geology is destiny: globally mapping permeability by rock type

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Anne Jefferson

The first maps of the global distribution of the ease of subsurface water flow have been produced, and they are based on maps of rock type. Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, geology, hydrology, paper reviews

Using rock cubes to learn about hydrogeology

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Anne Jefferson

Dunking rocks in water – and doing some measurements and calculations – helps my students get a hands-on understanding of porosity. Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, hydrology, rocks & minerals, science education