Testing our new G-TEM system - Special thank you to Dr. Mark Everett for making this possible!

Jan 27, 2017

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Testing our new G-TEM system - Special thank you to Dr. Mark Everett for making this possible!On January 25th, Dr. Mark Everett, three fellow graduate students and Raquel visited the Texas A&M Riverside Campus to test the new G-TEM System. This is the first of a series of test runs that we will be conducting to familiarize with the equipment and prepare for the data collection scheduled for this project in the Summer of 2017.
                
G-TEM System
                 
Receiver section with integrated Panasonic Toughbook (system controller)
 
Receiver coil 
                 
Transmitter Section - Setting up the current
 
Transmitter coil
 
Test measurement
 
Now that we have spent some time setting up the equipment and obtaining some measurements, our next step is to analyze the data collected. 

We will be posting a new lab note as soon as we have processed the test data. Stay tuned for more updates on our progress!
-Raquel

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About This Project

Is climate change depleting an untapped water resource?

Texas A&M University

Rock glaciers are alpine aquifers that store water for long periods of time. Many cities depend on water supply from mountainous river basins that include rock glaciers. Impacts of climate change include reduced precipitation and shorter snow seasons. Thus, river basins originating in mountains will have less available runoff. This research analyzes the mechanism of groundwater flow and the volume of water stored within rock glaciers using electromagnetic induction (EM).