GeoSCOPE 2004
Department of Earth Science: Florida International University
7/5/2004

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Dr. Rene Price (at right) discusses an artesian well at 40-mile bend on Tamiami Trail. Interns testing the water chemistry of Tamiami Canal. GeoSCOPE interns and Dr. Rosemary Hickey-Vargas discuss the day's project in Introduction to Mineral Science workshop. Interns learn about the cryogenic magnetometer and the magnetic properties of minerals from Dr. Brad Clement
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Dr. Dean Whitman shows interns how to plot the probability of a hurricane in the workshop Visualizing Our World - Introduction to GIS. Dr. Dean Whitman and GeoSCOPE interns in the GIS laboratory. Interns use emission spectrometer to analyze a mineral sample Interns are introduced to deep-well injection, where treated wastewater from Miami-Dade County is disposed into the Florida Aquifer at a depth of over 3000 ft below the ground surface.
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An intern measuring the pH of water from Tamiami Canal. Interns sample groundwater monitoring wells as part of the Hydrogeology of South Florida workshop Interns rescue a turtle and return it to the Everglades Geoscope interns visit a Miami-Dade County water treatment plant