Start Date: 9/12/2023 7:00 AM CDT
End Date: 9/12/2023 5:30 PM CDT
Venue Name: Lower Elkhorn NRD
Location:
1508 Square Turn Boulevard
Norfolk, NE United States 68701
Organization Name:
Nebraska Well Drillers
Contact:
NEBRASKA WELL DRILLERS ASSOCIATION
CONSERVATION AND SURVEY DIVISION, SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES
NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA GEOLOGICAL FIELD TRIP
Start at the Lower Elkhorn NRD 1508 Square Turn Boulevard - Norfolk, NE 68701
7:00 – 7:15 Sign In- Lower Elkhorn NRD
7:15 – 7:30 (.25) Travel to pit- Overview of Hydro-Geo-Logic Field Trip
7:30 – 8:00 (.5) Gravel Pit along Elkhorn River: Quaternary (Plio-pleistocene) maybe others?
8:00 – 8:30 (.25) Travel to Winside Discussion 1
8:30 – 9:00 (.5) LE NRD Mon Well Network: Demonstrate sampling and transducers. Telemetry
9:00 – 10:00 (.75) Travel to Homer Discussion 2
10:00 – 11:00 (1.0) Dakota Outcrop/Aquifer – Lith (GP & GeoCloud), PWS, water quality/age
11:00 – 11:40 (.5) Travel to Martinsburg – Discussion 3
11:40 – 12:40 (.5) Lunch at Bobs Discussion of Martinsburg PWS: water quality & well mixing
12:40 – 13:05 (.25) Travel toward Vermillion Bridge Discussion 4
13:05– 13:20 (.25) Carlile Outcrop – visible marker in cuttings & Codell Aquifer
13:20 – 14:05 (.5) Travel to Gavins Pt Dam Rec Area – Discussion 5
14:05 – 14:35 (.5) Niobrara Chalk Outcrop & Cedar Knox Rural W Project – Aten Site
14:35 – 14:50 (.25) Travel to Dolphin East Site Discussion 6
14:50 – 15:05 (.25) CKRWP Test Well Construction, Pumping Test, Water Quality
15:05 – 15:50 (.5) Travel west of Rte 14 (84 thru Verdigre) Discussion 7
15:50 – 16:05 (.25) Ogallala Outcrop: Aquifer set stage… (Bus drop-off & Pick up???)
16:05 – 16:45 (.5) Travel to LE NRD MWN Site 6 – Discussion 8
16:45 – 17:00 (.25) Site 6 LE MWN: NO3 variations with depth – Lithologic “barriers”, etc.
17:00 – 17:30 (.25) Travel back to Norfolk Discussion 9
Total CEU Hrs (8.0) with 1.25 hrs of available discussion time for other possible discussions
