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Improving Soil Boring Logs and Rock Core Logs Workshop - Midwest GeoSciences Group
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
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Title:   Improving Soil Boring Logs and Rock Core Logs
     
Date:   Wednesday May 13, 2026
     
Location:   The Alumnae House
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, New York
     
Instructors:   • Dan Kelleher, PG, CIPM
   Hydrogeologist, Midwest GeoSciences Group

• Martin Helmke, PG, PhD, Hydrogeologist, Professor, and
   Department Chair, West Chester University
     
Continuing Education:   This course has been approved for 7 NYS Professional Development Hours
     
Description   This seven-hour workshop intensive covers the procedures with making both soil boring logs and rock core logs complete and accurate.

For soil borings, learn the step-wise process to (1) classify soil, (2) make field observations for key primary descriptive elements and then (3) learn the essential steps to "read the story the sediments are telling" and discern subsurface relationships from boring-to-boring.

For rock core logging, learn to discern the geologic context for rock hydrogeologic properties which enable an understanding of the nature of fractures and fracture sets. For example, the term "weathering" is subjective but it's critically important when deciphering fracture singularities, sets, and sequences. This course presents a less subjective procedure for characterizing secondary weathering that relate to hydrogeologic investigations.

This affordable course applies geologic principles starting with creating meaningful soil boring and rock core log descriptions and then translating that into Conceptual Site Models.
     
Registration:   Register at Midwest GeoScience's Website. 
Several discounts are available, please see complete information at Midwestgeo.com.