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This web site has been created in support of the Kansas Geological Survey's Direct Push Methods for Hydrostratigraphic Characterization project. For information on this project, please contact Jim Butler or Evan Franseen, project investigators.

Reports and Publications

Ground Water, v. 43, no. 1, 19-29, 2005

Direct-push hydrostratigraphic profiling: Coupling electrical logging and slug tests, by S.M. Sellwood, J.M. Healey, S. Birk, and J.J. Butler, Jr. [PDF online]

KGS Open-File Report 2004-12

Supplementary Color Figures for "Direct-push Hydrostratigraphic Profiling: Coupling Electrical Logging and Slug Tests", by Stephen M. Sellwood, John M. Healey, Steffen Birk, and James J. Butler, Jr.

Aquifer Characterization, SEPM Concepts in Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology Vol. 2, edited by J. S. Bridge, and D.W. Hyndman, SEPM, pp. 67-78, 2004

High-resolution stratigraphic characterization of unconsolidated deposits using direct-push electrical conductivity logging: A floodplain margin example, by M.K. Schulmeister, J.J. Butler, Jr., E.K. Franseen, D.A. Wysocki, and J.A. Doolittle [Abstract]

KGS Open-File Report 2004-44

The KGS Direct-Push Hydrostratigraphic Profiling Tool, by John M. Healey and Stephen M. Sellwood

Ground Water Monit. and Remed., v. 23, no. 3, pp. 52-62, 2003

Direct-push electrical conductivity logging for high-resolution hydrostratigraphic characterization, by M.K. Schulmeister, J.J. Butler, Jr., J.M. Healey, L. Zheng, D.A. Wysocki, and W. McCall [PDF online]

KGS Open-File Report 2000-62

Direct-push hydraulic profiling in an unconsolidated alluvial aquifer, by James J. Butler, Jr., Alyssa A. Lanier, John M. Healey, Wesley McCall, and Elizabeth Garnett

KGS Open-File Report 99-40

Hydrostratigraphic Characterization of Unconsolidated Alluvial Deposits with Direct-Push Sensor Technology, by J. J. Butler, Jr., J.M. Healey, L. Zheng, W. McCall, and M. K. Schulmeister

Abstracts

Butler, J.J., Jr., Healey, J.M., Zheng, L., McCall, W., and Schulmeister, M.K., 1999, Hydrostratigraphic characterization of unconsolidated alluvium with direct-push sensor technology (abs.): Geological Society of America, 1999 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Program, v. 31, no. 7, p. A350

Schulmeister, M.K., Zheng, L., Butler, J.J., Jr., Healey, J.M., McCall, W., and Wysocki, D.A., 2000, Detailed hydrostratigraphic characterization with direct-push electrical conductivity profiling (abs.): EOS, v. 81, no. 19, p. S238

Butler, J.J., Jr., Healey, J.M., McCall, W., Loheide, S.P., and Garnett, E., 2000, Hydraulic tests with direct-push equipment (abs.): EOS, v. 81, no. 19, p. S239

Butler, J.J., Jr., Franseen, E.K., Xia, J., Schulmeister, M.K., Zheng, L., Weiss, T., Byrnes, A.P., Healey, J.M., and Miller, R., 2000, Experimental assessments of the utility of direct-push profiling and ground-penetrating radar for hydrostratigraphic investigations (abs.): Program and Abstracts, SEPM/IAS Research Conf. Environmental Sedimentology--Hydrogeology of Sedimentary Aquifers, p. 27

Lanier, A.A., Sellwood, S.M., Butler, J.J., Jr., Healey, J.M., McCall, W., and Garnett, E., 2000, Direct-push hydraulic profiling in an unconsolidated alluvial aquifer (abs.): Geological Society of America, 2000 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Program, v. 32, no.7, p. A271

McCall, W., Butler, J.J., Jr., Healey, J.M., and E. Garnett, E., 2000, A dual-tube direct push method for vertical profiling of hydraulic conductivity in unconsolidated aquifers (abs.): Geological Society of America, 2000 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Program, v. 32, no.7, p. A522

Garnett, E., McCall, W., Butler, J.J., Jr., and Healey, J.M., 2000, Determination of hydraulic conductivity with slug tests in direct push tools (abs.): Proc. of the 2000 Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water Conf., p. 158

Butler, J.J., Jr., Healey, J.M., Schulmeister, M.K., and Zheng, L., 2001, A field assessment of direct-push technology for site characterization investigations (abs.), Proc. 18th Annual Water and the Future of Kansas Conf., p. 21

Schulmeister, M.K., J.J. Butler, Jr., D.O. Whittemore, S. Birk, J.M. Healey, G.W. McCall., S.M. Sellwood and M.A. Townsend, 2001, A new direct-pushed-based approach for the chemical investigation of stream-aquifer interactions: Geological Society of America, 2001 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Program, v. 33, no. 6, p 426.

Schulmeister, M.K., S.M. Birk, J.M. Healey, J.J. Butler, Jr. , D.O. Whittemore, and H. Weiss, 2001, Direct-push-installed, gas-driven mini-pumps for discrete-point groundwater sampling: A new in-situ approach to long-term monitoring: EOS, v. 82, no. 47, p. 402.

Kansas Geological Survey, Direct Push Methods for Hydrostratigraphic Characterization
Updated October 2005
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