Site U1322 is the easternmost site drilled in the Ursa basin by Expedition 308. Of the three sites in the Ursa Basin, Site U1322 has the thinnest sediment cover above the permeable Blue Unit. The principal objectives of drilling Site U1322 were to document rock physical properties at the location of minimal overburden in the Ursa Basin, measure in-situ formation temperature and pressure, docume...

In the early 1960s, some young earth scientists in the Canadian Prairies discovered a previously unrecognized aspect of subsurface hydrology: topography-induced ground water flow systems. With seminal contributions by colleagues in Canada and abroad, the concept evolved into a new hydrogeological paradigm, spawned a veritable school of scientific thought, and, by the 1980s, had changed the scop...

Site U1324 is the westernmost site drilled in the Ursa basin by Expedition 308. Of the three sites in the Ursa Basin, Site U1324 has the thickest sediment loading above the permeable Blue Unit. The principal objectives of drilling Site U1324 were to document rock physical properties at the location of maximal overburden in the Ursa Basin, measure in-situ formation temperature and pressure, docu...

A high-resolution seismic reflection investigation mapped reflectors and identified characteristics potentially influencing the interpretation of the hydrogeology underlying a portion of the Oxnard Plain in Ventura County, California. Design and implementation of this study was heavily influenced by high levels of cultural noise from vehicles, power lines, roads, manufacturing facilities, and u...

The efficiency of Geothermal Heat Pumps (GHPs) strongly depends on the site-specific parameters of the ground, which should therefore be mapped for the rational planning of shallow geothermal installations. In this paper, a case study is presented for the potentiality assessment of low enthalpy geothermal energy in the Province of Cuneo, a district of 6900 km2 in Piedmont, NW Italy. The availab...

Iron encrustations on filamentous algae colonized by Gallionella-related bacteria in a metal-polluted freshwater stream J. F. Mori, T. R. Neu, S. Lu, M. Händel, K. U. Totsche, and K. Küsel Institute of Ecology, Aquatic Geomicrobiology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Dornburger Strasse 159, 07743 Jena, Germany Department of River Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, B...