Weekly Journal
This page details the weekly progress made by our specific team
members.
members.
Week of February 24th
-JORDAN WADDELL
Updated Colorado Plateau Aquifer page, worked on summaries/overviews of important figures on each of the four major aquifer pages. Specifically refined the Uinta-Animas and Mesa Verde pages associated with the Colorado Plateau Aquifers tab, including recharge, discharge and basic structure.
Updated Colorado Plateau Aquifer page, worked on summaries/overviews of important figures on each of the four major aquifer pages. Specifically refined the Uinta-Animas and Mesa Verde pages associated with the Colorado Plateau Aquifers tab, including recharge, discharge and basic structure.
-COLLIN CHURCHILL
Updated hydrology page changed it to Colorado Plateau Aquifer page. Added figures from USGS concerning aquifers on main page. Added pages for Unitas-Animas, Mesa Verde, Dakota-Glen Canyon and Coconino-De Chelly Aquifers. Added navigational buttons on the main aquifer page.Added figures from USGS documents on all Aquifer pages with relevant diagrams. Updated each page with a setting summary which lightly details the aquifer and its setting. Created hidden impacts tab that can only be accessed through a navigation button within each aquifer page.
Created Weekly Journal page formatted based on the Regulation Policy groups Weekly Journal Page.
Updated hydrology page changed it to Colorado Plateau Aquifer page. Added figures from USGS concerning aquifers on main page. Added pages for Unitas-Animas, Mesa Verde, Dakota-Glen Canyon and Coconino-De Chelly Aquifers. Added navigational buttons on the main aquifer page.Added figures from USGS documents on all Aquifer pages with relevant diagrams. Updated each page with a setting summary which lightly details the aquifer and its setting. Created hidden impacts tab that can only be accessed through a navigation button within each aquifer page.
Created Weekly Journal page formatted based on the Regulation Policy groups Weekly Journal Page.
-CHRISTIAN CASBERG
Added some better descriptions to some figures on the Piceance Basin tab. Still more work to do on it. Thinking about adding pronunciation to the title since we are all having issues pronouncing it. Had a talk regarding site layout and how to lead people through the information. Will need some reworking but should be easy to do.
Added some better descriptions to some figures on the Piceance Basin tab. Still more work to do on it. Thinking about adding pronunciation to the title since we are all having issues pronouncing it. Had a talk regarding site layout and how to lead people through the information. Will need some reworking but should be easy to do.
-ALEXANDER CORALLO
I made some changes to the Colorado Plateau tab and updated some of the information in regards to specific rock layers that have the oil-shales and natural gas. Specifically targeting both the Green River Formation and the Mesa Verde Group - William Forks Formation, including how enriched the oil is from the Green River Formation due to carbon and clay. Having difficulty locating how abundant the natural gas is in the Williams Fork Formation. At the same time, I added two new tabs to the Colorado Plateau to explain the importance of the mentioned rock layers and their compositions.
Newest update: Added some link buttons to the Colorado Plateau tab.
I made some changes to the Colorado Plateau tab and updated some of the information in regards to specific rock layers that have the oil-shales and natural gas. Specifically targeting both the Green River Formation and the Mesa Verde Group - William Forks Formation, including how enriched the oil is from the Green River Formation due to carbon and clay. Having difficulty locating how abundant the natural gas is in the Williams Fork Formation. At the same time, I added two new tabs to the Colorado Plateau to explain the importance of the mentioned rock layers and their compositions.
Newest update: Added some link buttons to the Colorado Plateau tab.
-MATTHEW NEWMAN
This week I will be focusing on gathering relevant images and figures to tie together the induced seismicity page, I’ve already hashed out the specific problematic areas with induced seismicity as viewed by field experts and now it’s simply a matter of expressing these in layman's terms and laying out what options have been proposed and getting this on to the website in a way that is cohesive and will capture a reader’s attention. My focus is to find meaningful, but simple figures that can supplement the writing and will require little explanation as to their meaning, something too technical would be distracting and require a lengthy explanation in to how it should be interpreted. More to follow for this week as progress is made...
As an Aside - areas which require further research to better explain the mechanics of induced seismicity and translate this from a technical explanation to common are:
This week I will be focusing on gathering relevant images and figures to tie together the induced seismicity page, I’ve already hashed out the specific problematic areas with induced seismicity as viewed by field experts and now it’s simply a matter of expressing these in layman's terms and laying out what options have been proposed and getting this on to the website in a way that is cohesive and will capture a reader’s attention. My focus is to find meaningful, but simple figures that can supplement the writing and will require little explanation as to their meaning, something too technical would be distracting and require a lengthy explanation in to how it should be interpreted. More to follow for this week as progress is made...
As an Aside - areas which require further research to better explain the mechanics of induced seismicity and translate this from a technical explanation to common are:
- Mechanics of pore fluid pressure exchange in subsurface rocks (http://petrowiki.spe.org/Subsurface_stress_and_pore_pressure)
- Current predictive models for subsurface slip failure and fracture density (http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=13355&page=1)
Week of March 3rd
-COLLIN CHURCHILL
Reformatted main colorado aquifer text to make the page look cleaner/ more fluid. Read through website suggestions applied neccessary changes. Suggested along with group member Waddell Geologic structure tabs included in each individual aquifer section be incorporated into the Geologic portion of the website instead. Including Figures 109, 117, 121, and 130. That way we can focus more on sources of recharge and discharge as well as dissolved solids and chemical concentrations such as benzene and methane. coordinated with Randal from Geo about water quality we are going to use their chemical list and attempt to quantify the specifics within the aquifers.
-Alexander Corallo
The Colorado Plateau page has become difficult for me to "shape up" because of this new information I need to enter in. Following Mr. DeVecchio's suggestion, I started to look more into why the oil in the Mesaverde and Green River Formations are both carbon and clay enriched; I've only come across a few sources that kind of explain why and how, but still having difficulty putting it into my own words. At the same time, the other issue is talking about Stratigraphy of the Colorado Plateau in a general term that isn't too complicated. Other than that, the only changes that I've done is correct the little section I did on the Colorado Plateau introduction (Geology page) and slowly trying to work in the other data I want to put in to make this work.
-JORDAN WADDELL
Went through Aquifer page reformatted pages with Collin. Modified discharge and recharge facts on each aquifer page. Reformatted the home page. Deleted "return to class page" button, as to not deter viewers from the homepage. Edited homepage project descroption content.
Reformatted main colorado aquifer text to make the page look cleaner/ more fluid. Read through website suggestions applied neccessary changes. Suggested along with group member Waddell Geologic structure tabs included in each individual aquifer section be incorporated into the Geologic portion of the website instead. Including Figures 109, 117, 121, and 130. That way we can focus more on sources of recharge and discharge as well as dissolved solids and chemical concentrations such as benzene and methane. coordinated with Randal from Geo about water quality we are going to use their chemical list and attempt to quantify the specifics within the aquifers.
-Alexander Corallo
The Colorado Plateau page has become difficult for me to "shape up" because of this new information I need to enter in. Following Mr. DeVecchio's suggestion, I started to look more into why the oil in the Mesaverde and Green River Formations are both carbon and clay enriched; I've only come across a few sources that kind of explain why and how, but still having difficulty putting it into my own words. At the same time, the other issue is talking about Stratigraphy of the Colorado Plateau in a general term that isn't too complicated. Other than that, the only changes that I've done is correct the little section I did on the Colorado Plateau introduction (Geology page) and slowly trying to work in the other data I want to put in to make this work.
-JORDAN WADDELL
Went through Aquifer page reformatted pages with Collin. Modified discharge and recharge facts on each aquifer page. Reformatted the home page. Deleted "return to class page" button, as to not deter viewers from the homepage. Edited homepage project descroption content.
Week of March 10th
-Alexander Corallo
Cannot believe I forgot to post this. Anyway, started working on changes for the Colorado Plateau tab finally. Turns out the real reason I couldn't give a complete answer towards my new problem was because I couldn't focus due to large stress levels. Now that I have an explanation for the "what. why and how" hydrocarbon-enriched oil is created, I can say the page will be getting a better look.
Cannot believe I forgot to post this. Anyway, started working on changes for the Colorado Plateau tab finally. Turns out the real reason I couldn't give a complete answer towards my new problem was because I couldn't focus due to large stress levels. Now that I have an explanation for the "what. why and how" hydrocarbon-enriched oil is created, I can say the page will be getting a better look.
Week of March 17th
-COLLIN CHURCHILL
Redesigned geologic pages to include information relevant to the aquifer page. Edited main blurb tied geologic relevance to hydrology and also natural gas fracturing on Colorado Plateau Information under geology. Added navigation buttons relevant to the geologic basins that correspond to the four main aquifers. I also included the green river formation because it also has a very rich shale and is relevant. It also relates well to the Piceance basin and Unitas-Animas Aquifers. Rearranged informational images on aquifer pages into a slideshow to better display all of the information on each individual page. Also created Links to individual ground water quality links on the groundwater quality page which links the user to a page on the GWQ for each aquifer. This page is not available unless you navigate the aquifer pages>Groundwater page>
-Jordan Waddell
Added new links to Colorado Plateau section in order to more easily relate this structural geology section to the formatting style of each individual aquifer page created by Churchill and myself. Completed "Structural Geology of Mesaverde Aquifer" page during group meeting on Wed., 3/19. Continued to compete the remaining structural geology of the associated basins and their respective aquifers (Each titled "Structural Geology of the ____________ Aquifer"). Edited "Groundwater Quality" introduction paragraph.
-Christian Casberg
As of wednesday I have added some information reguarding the Green River Formation, specifically the Mahogany zone. I will be adding more information including depth and depositional era as well as in place resources of the green river formation. More work to be done to catch up to some of the others in the group namely Jordan and Collin who are spearheading progress on the page. Mancos shale will follow the same suit to green river. Hope to have this done this weekend in an effort to make up time.
-Alexander Corallo
From both Wednesday and Monday, I have added more information to the Colorado Plateau page and slightly modified some of the information that I previously typed out regarding the Colorado Plateau. At the same time, I touched on what enriched oil is and how it becomes enriched. Included a picture of the artificial CO2 flooding process to give any viewer a visual on how it works. I'll be adding information on this natural/artificial made product known as Petroleum Coke when I've found more and better information about this product. My next biggest challenge is now working with Jordan and adding some information on the rock layers from the multiple aquifer links that were put on the Colorado Plateau tab. Both the Green River Formation and Mesaverde Formation pages were updated and modified with more information on their rock layers and resource compositions.
Redesigned geologic pages to include information relevant to the aquifer page. Edited main blurb tied geologic relevance to hydrology and also natural gas fracturing on Colorado Plateau Information under geology. Added navigation buttons relevant to the geologic basins that correspond to the four main aquifers. I also included the green river formation because it also has a very rich shale and is relevant. It also relates well to the Piceance basin and Unitas-Animas Aquifers. Rearranged informational images on aquifer pages into a slideshow to better display all of the information on each individual page. Also created Links to individual ground water quality links on the groundwater quality page which links the user to a page on the GWQ for each aquifer. This page is not available unless you navigate the aquifer pages>Groundwater page>
-Jordan Waddell
Added new links to Colorado Plateau section in order to more easily relate this structural geology section to the formatting style of each individual aquifer page created by Churchill and myself. Completed "Structural Geology of Mesaverde Aquifer" page during group meeting on Wed., 3/19. Continued to compete the remaining structural geology of the associated basins and their respective aquifers (Each titled "Structural Geology of the ____________ Aquifer"). Edited "Groundwater Quality" introduction paragraph.
-Christian Casberg
As of wednesday I have added some information reguarding the Green River Formation, specifically the Mahogany zone. I will be adding more information including depth and depositional era as well as in place resources of the green river formation. More work to be done to catch up to some of the others in the group namely Jordan and Collin who are spearheading progress on the page. Mancos shale will follow the same suit to green river. Hope to have this done this weekend in an effort to make up time.
-Alexander Corallo
From both Wednesday and Monday, I have added more information to the Colorado Plateau page and slightly modified some of the information that I previously typed out regarding the Colorado Plateau. At the same time, I touched on what enriched oil is and how it becomes enriched. Included a picture of the artificial CO2 flooding process to give any viewer a visual on how it works. I'll be adding information on this natural/artificial made product known as Petroleum Coke when I've found more and better information about this product. My next biggest challenge is now working with Jordan and adding some information on the rock layers from the multiple aquifer links that were put on the Colorado Plateau tab. Both the Green River Formation and Mesaverde Formation pages were updated and modified with more information on their rock layers and resource compositions.
Week of March 24th
-Alexander Corallo
I've added in some additional references to our sources page (Green River Formation and Petroleum Chemistry). At the same time, I created the tab on Resources to explain what the main resources are that the people behind Hydraulic Fracturing are drilling for and some of the processes that are used to get these products.
Tuesday check-in: added some data to the Dakota-Glen Canyon tab under the Colorado Plateau. Looking for more information on this and the Coconino-De Chelly; hopefully I'll find more information later on. Still working on the Resources tab; Enriched Oil is almost finished. I'll be staying behind to talk to Mr. DeVecchio on what more I can do to make this site work for our team.
-Christian Casberg
I am hesitant to say that I have finished something given the fluid nature of this project but the Piceance basin, Green River Formation, and Mancos Shale tabs have all been updated. I will discuss what else could go on these pages with the group and if the instructors have any suggestions of additional information I am all ears.
-COLLIN CHURCHILL
Added image of drills sites by taking a screen shot of our target area using frack tracker to the main home page. Added the legend below the graphic. Found an excellent article that can help us tie the Geology and Aquifer sections of our website together. Added another diagram to the unita aquifer page that I found in the Clemson article.
http://www.clemson.edu/ces/hydro/murdoch/Courses/Aquifer%20Systems/documents/Heath%20and%20Back%20books/Chapter%206.pdf
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5198/SIR12-5198.pdf
Edited the text for the Ground Water Quality page added figures that showed the concentration of specific containments. I also linked the USGS publication to those pictures.
JORDAN WADDELL:
Edited homepage, worked on hydrologic units of aquifers and their respective basin and formations, updated images of groundwater direction and contours of the regions, identified specific contaminants through said figures (i.e. methane, sulfate, BTEX, choloride, arsenic, etc), identified a diagram that shows the principal uses of groundwater in percentages in the Colorado Plateau, found a resource through USGS that unifies the subjects of hydrologic and lithologic resources and their interactions/fluxes (see below link):
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1310/report.pdf
I recommend that the Impacts Teams reference pages 95-117 of this USGS document in order to better address how we can control chemical effects on biodiversity and humans associated with fracking.
I've added in some additional references to our sources page (Green River Formation and Petroleum Chemistry). At the same time, I created the tab on Resources to explain what the main resources are that the people behind Hydraulic Fracturing are drilling for and some of the processes that are used to get these products.
Tuesday check-in: added some data to the Dakota-Glen Canyon tab under the Colorado Plateau. Looking for more information on this and the Coconino-De Chelly; hopefully I'll find more information later on. Still working on the Resources tab; Enriched Oil is almost finished. I'll be staying behind to talk to Mr. DeVecchio on what more I can do to make this site work for our team.
-Christian Casberg
I am hesitant to say that I have finished something given the fluid nature of this project but the Piceance basin, Green River Formation, and Mancos Shale tabs have all been updated. I will discuss what else could go on these pages with the group and if the instructors have any suggestions of additional information I am all ears.
-COLLIN CHURCHILL
Added image of drills sites by taking a screen shot of our target area using frack tracker to the main home page. Added the legend below the graphic. Found an excellent article that can help us tie the Geology and Aquifer sections of our website together. Added another diagram to the unita aquifer page that I found in the Clemson article.
http://www.clemson.edu/ces/hydro/murdoch/Courses/Aquifer%20Systems/documents/Heath%20and%20Back%20books/Chapter%206.pdf
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5198/SIR12-5198.pdf
Edited the text for the Ground Water Quality page added figures that showed the concentration of specific containments. I also linked the USGS publication to those pictures.
- Concentrations of Benzene
- Detection of Toluene
- Concentrations of Methane
- Concentrations of Dissolved Oxygen
- Concentrations of Fluoride
- Concentrations of Nitrate
- Concentrations of Chloride
- Concentrations of Arsenic
- Concentrations of Selenium
- Concentrations of Iron
- Concentration of Sulfate
- Concentrations of Barium
- Concentrations of Dissolved Solids
- Concentrations of Manganese
JORDAN WADDELL:
Edited homepage, worked on hydrologic units of aquifers and their respective basin and formations, updated images of groundwater direction and contours of the regions, identified specific contaminants through said figures (i.e. methane, sulfate, BTEX, choloride, arsenic, etc), identified a diagram that shows the principal uses of groundwater in percentages in the Colorado Plateau, found a resource through USGS that unifies the subjects of hydrologic and lithologic resources and their interactions/fluxes (see below link):
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1310/report.pdf
I recommend that the Impacts Teams reference pages 95-117 of this USGS document in order to better address how we can control chemical effects on biodiversity and humans associated with fracking.
Week of March 31st
-Alexander Corallo
Next biggest part of my part for the Colorado Plateau: Time Scales! After talking to our teacher about it, he gave me a subtle hint and a couple tips on how the Colorado Plateau Formations tab should look in regards to whoever is reading it. So, I'll be spending a good chunk of my week and my weekend fixing the tabs and adding in some cross sections of the Plateau before moving on to the formations.
-Update: Switched a few things around and currently working on the time scale for the Colorado Plateau tab. The linked formation tabs have been changed a little, however, further information will be provided in each one.
-Christian Casberg
I have made a small addition to the Green River Formation tab regarding some of the layering. Currently looking at ways of consolodating what information is in place for a transfer over to the new meta website.
Next biggest part of my part for the Colorado Plateau: Time Scales! After talking to our teacher about it, he gave me a subtle hint and a couple tips on how the Colorado Plateau Formations tab should look in regards to whoever is reading it. So, I'll be spending a good chunk of my week and my weekend fixing the tabs and adding in some cross sections of the Plateau before moving on to the formations.
-Update: Switched a few things around and currently working on the time scale for the Colorado Plateau tab. The linked formation tabs have been changed a little, however, further information will be provided in each one.
-Christian Casberg
I have made a small addition to the Green River Formation tab regarding some of the layering. Currently looking at ways of consolodating what information is in place for a transfer over to the new meta website.
Week of April 7th
-Alexander Corallo
Ok, big changes now for the Colorado Plateau: I took off the links to the Aquifer-Structural comparison tabs and I'm now focusing the subject of the Rock Strata part to the important Strata of the Colorado Plateau. I won't mention all of them, just a select few pertaining to: Deposition, Environment, Resources, and rock type(s). Easy to remember and simpler to read about.
-Christian Casberg
Added information to the main site in regional settings. Working on accompanying figures. Citations to follow for posted content.
Ok, big changes now for the Colorado Plateau: I took off the links to the Aquifer-Structural comparison tabs and I'm now focusing the subject of the Rock Strata part to the important Strata of the Colorado Plateau. I won't mention all of them, just a select few pertaining to: Deposition, Environment, Resources, and rock type(s). Easy to remember and simpler to read about.
-Christian Casberg
Added information to the main site in regional settings. Working on accompanying figures. Citations to follow for posted content.
Week of April 14th
-Alexander Corallo
The final website started awhile ago and now we're having to rush/fix our information on this site and our final website before the last week comes. With one of of teammates leaving the class, it's become a little difficult due to the kind of information we have to possibly now omit from the final website. Still, cannot complain; we've come this far and have worked too hard on this to drag our feet. I'll be working on more parts for Regional Settings for our final webpage in order to make it more discreet and easy to understand for anyone and everyone to read. My focus will be on the main page for the Regional Settings and on two of the Rock Strata tabs: Mesaverde and Green River Formation. The latter will be a team effort with some help from Christian since we both worked on the same layer description for our first webpage.
-Christian Casberg
There has been some deliberation regarding how to make the final site a bit less confusing. I think the current solution is to limit the number of smaller pages and instead have less larger pages. Currently I am moving all the old small pages into a larger regional settings page where aquifers and geology will be together. Citations are proving to be difficult as originally I was the only group member actively using intext citation. My figures are made however and I am pleased with how they turned out. Though I am more easily impressed than some.
The final website started awhile ago and now we're having to rush/fix our information on this site and our final website before the last week comes. With one of of teammates leaving the class, it's become a little difficult due to the kind of information we have to possibly now omit from the final website. Still, cannot complain; we've come this far and have worked too hard on this to drag our feet. I'll be working on more parts for Regional Settings for our final webpage in order to make it more discreet and easy to understand for anyone and everyone to read. My focus will be on the main page for the Regional Settings and on two of the Rock Strata tabs: Mesaverde and Green River Formation. The latter will be a team effort with some help from Christian since we both worked on the same layer description for our first webpage.
-Christian Casberg
There has been some deliberation regarding how to make the final site a bit less confusing. I think the current solution is to limit the number of smaller pages and instead have less larger pages. Currently I am moving all the old small pages into a larger regional settings page where aquifers and geology will be together. Citations are proving to be difficult as originally I was the only group member actively using intext citation. My figures are made however and I am pleased with how they turned out. Though I am more easily impressed than some.
Week of April 21st
-Christian Casberg
Finished Editing Geologic Settings page with what material I have. Sources and citations in place. Working on figure to tie in aquifers to rock layers and waiting on final edits from collin and jordan.
Week of April 28th
-Alexander Corallo
Wasn't able to post in the journal last week due to several other problems that are both academic and personal problems. Anyway, with the new Stratigraphic Column page almost complete for the final webpage, all that is really left to no finish are small edits for the geographic layers we talked about.
Wasn't able to post in the journal last week due to several other problems that are both academic and personal problems. Anyway, with the new Stratigraphic Column page almost complete for the final webpage, all that is really left to no finish are small edits for the geographic layers we talked about.