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Attended the SAGEEP 2014 meeting in Boston, March 16-20,  (http://www.eegs.org/Annual-Meeting-SAGEEP/SAGEEP-2014), where I presented a talk on work at the Shale Hills CZO. Dynamic time warping of time-lapse GPR data to monitor infiltration at the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory in … Continue reading →

Temple is tearing up their practice field to install a new, state-of-the-art storm water drainage system and new turf.  Before construction the student’s of my introductory geophysics class had the opportunity to image the entire field using GPR.  We’ll have … Continue reading →

Monday, 28 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Colorado Convention Center Room 207 Paper No. 102-5 Presentation Time: 9:10 AM GEOPHYSICALLY-MONITORED DYE TRACER TEST OF INFILTRATION IN THE UNSATURATED ZONE AT THE SHALE HILLS CZO NYQUIST, Jonathan1, PITMAN, Lacey1, TORAN, Laura1 and … Continue reading →

To support the work of graduate student Ken Schlosser, Dr. Laura Toran and I when out to his field site at Profile A, White Oak Creek, in the Christina River Valley CZO (http://www.czen.org/content/christina-river-basin-czo).  It’s not everyday you see a hydrogeologist … Continue reading →

My student, Lacey Pittman, and I went out the the Shale Hills CZO in March to collect some preliminary GPR data in preparation for field work this summer.  The goal is to determine how well 3D GPR can predict flow … Continue reading →

Here is an abstract from the Southeastern Section – 62nd Annual Meeting (20-21 March 2013) on some work I did with fellow Temple faculty member, Ilya Buynevich.  I am currently work on some new 3D GPR data sets Ilya and student … Continue reading →

Attended the SAGEEP meeting in Denver, Colorado USA I March 17-21, 2013.  Presented a paper: Monitoring Shallow Subsurface Flow on a Hillslope using Time-lapse GPR and ERT Jonathan E. Nyquist, Derek Lichtner, Laura Toran, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Li Guo, and … Continue reading →

I presented a talk and helped to moderate a session on “Corporate and Academic Social Responsibility: Engagement or Estrangement?” at the annual meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists at Las Vegas on November 5th. A description of the session can … Continue reading →

MONITORING TIME-LAPSE CHANGES IN SOIL MOISTURE DURING ARTIFICIAL INFILTRATION WITH GEOPHYSICAL METHODS LICHTNER, Derek1, NYQUIST, Jonathan1, TORAN, Laura1, GUO, Li2, and LIN, Henry2, (1) Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, derek.lichtner@temple.edu, (2) Crop and Soil Sciences, Penn … Continue reading →

We had to crack the vault on the Temple seismometer after receiving some odd data. It turned out the seismometer was under water. Talk about damped vibrations! Local press wanted to come out and watch — TV, radio and print! … Continue reading →