Apr 14, 2016 10:00 am105 views
Major Duties and Responsibilities: Assist with collecting and describing cores acquired from drilling (central Illinois area). Assist with other field investigations in central Illinois, including outcrop studies and hand augering. Assist with describing sample sets and cores from ISGS archives. Assist with the compilation of 1:24,000 surficial geology map, cross sections, bedrock topography map, and drift thickness map using ArcGIS. Assist with data compilation and location of near-surface materials based on water well records, soil reports, engineering borings, geologic reports, and field notes. Perform laboratory analysis (magnetic properties, carbonates) on samples of glacial deposits from the mapping area.