Geophysics is one of more than 16 discipline tags that we use to categorize and aggregate our interdisciplinary information within and across CZOs. Much of our information has been tagged with 2-3 disciplines.
8 People
INVESTIGATOR, PostDoc
Cross-CZO GRAD STUDENT
PhD Student (Shale Hills CZO), MS student alumna (Calhoun CZO)
INVESTIGATOR, Visiting/Affiliate, COLLABORATOR
Cross-CZO INVESTIGATOR
INVESTIGATOR, COLLABORATOR
Cross-CZO COLLABORATOR
Cross-CZO INVESTIGATOR
Cole Farm - Seismic Refraction, Geophysics (2018)
1 components •
Cole Farm (Agricultural Site) •
Geophysics, Geomorphology •
Hayes, Jorden
Cole Farm East Mid-Slope - Electrical Conductivity (2017-2018)
1 components •
Cole Farm (Agricultural Site) •
Geophysics, Soil Science / Pedology, Hydrology •
Brantley, Susan L.; Tang, Qicheng
Cole Farm Ridge Top - Electrical Conductivity (2017-2018)
1 components •
Cole Farm (Agricultural Site) •
Geophysics, Geology / Chronology •
Brantley, Susan L.; Gu, Xin
Cole Farm Valley Floor - Electrical Conductivity (2017-2018)
1 components •
Cole Farm (Agricultural Site) •
Geophysics, Geology / Chronology •
Brantley, Susan L.; Gu, Xin
Garner Run (Sandstone Forested) - Geophysics, Seismic Refraction, Geomorphology (2016-2017)
6 components •
Garner Run - Sandstone Forested •
Geophysics, Geomorphology •
Hayes, Jordan
Garner Run and Shale Hills - Soil Gas, Soil Moisture (2015-2016)
1 components •
Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory •
Geophysics, Geochemistry / Mineralogy •
Jason Kaye; Lillian Hill
Shale Hills - Soil Moisture - COSMOS Probe (2011-2016)
3 components •
Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory •
Geophysics, Hydrology •
Zreda, Marek; Shuttleworth, William J.
Shale Hills - Geophysics, Seismic Refraction (2012-2013)
23 components •
Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory •
Geomorphology, Geophysics •
Clarke, Brian
Shale Hills - Geophysics - Gamma Ray Logs (2010)
1 components •
Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory •
Geophysics •
Singha, Kamini
Shale Hills - Geophysics (2010)
1 components •
Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory •
Geophysics •
Singha, Kamini
Shale Hills, Missed Grouse - Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) (2013)
5 components •
Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory •
Geophysics, Hydrology •
Toran, Laura
2019
EAGER SitS: Emergent Properties during Soil Formation at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Brantley, S.L., Nyblade, A., Regan, J., Forsythe, B., Hodges, C., Kaye, J. (2019): NSF/DARPA/ARPA-E Signals in the Soil Conference in the National Science Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia
2019
Using Seismic Refraction to Examine the Formation and Weathering Processes of the Critical Zone . Cole, Chad (2019): Bachelor of Science, Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University
2019
Characterising the Shallow Subsurface of the Critical Zone Using Seismic Refraction in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Grant, Joey (2019): Bachelor of Science, Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University
2019
Broadening the Participation of Underrepresented Minorities in the Geosciences Using a Practical Field Camp Experience in Geophysics. Keating, Kristina, Gregory J. Mount, Jonathan Nyquist, Jorden L. Hayes, Alexander Gates, Susan L Brantley, Ellen Iverson, Kristin O’Connell, and Jennifer Zan Williams (2019): Pittcon 2019, Philadelphia, PA, March 19-21
2019
Ground-truthing Subsurface Variations in Seismic Velocities and Electrical Resistivity using Outcrop Observations, Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Schuler, Nicholas (2019): Bachelor of Science, Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University
2019
Full-3D Seismic Tomography for Structure of the Critical Zone. WANG W., CHEN P., LEE EJ., MU D. (2019): Chapter in Earthquake and Disaster Risk: Decade Retrospective of the Wenchuan Earthquake, 1st Ed. Y.G. Lee (Ed.) Higher Education Press & Springer Nature Singapore
2019
Climate preconditions the Critical Zone: Elucidating the role of subsurface fractures in the evolution of asymmetric topography. West, N., Kirby, E., Nyblade, A., and Brantley, S.L. (2019): Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol 513, p. 197-205
2018
Analysis of the Subsurface Structure of Swales in the Shale Hills Watershed Using Electrical Resistivity Tomography. Delisser, Terrance (2018): Bachelor of Science, Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University
2018
Near-surface Geophysical Characterization of Cole Farms in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Pennsylvania, USA. Gregory Mount*, Jorden Hayes, Perri Silverhart, Callum Richard Wayman, Joanmarie Del Vecchio, Roman A DiBiase, Susan L Brantley (2018): Abstract NS41B-0820 presented at 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 Dec
2018
Teaching near-surface geophysics in the critical zone: examples from a field-based multi-method jigsaw (Invited). Hayes, J., Mount, G.J. (2018): Abstract ED51H-0655 presented at 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 Dec
2018
Imaging the critical zone structure using seismic refraction in Garner Run at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Joaquin Cambeiro, Angelo Tarzona*, Yonesha Y Donaldson, Gina Pope, Paul O'Neill, Jorden L Hayes, Gregory Mount, Kristina Keating, Susan Brantley, Jonathan Nyquist (2018): Abstract NS41B-1159 presented at 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 Dec
2018
Constraints on Valley Structure from Two Seismic Refraction Lines in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Joseph Renzaglia*, Natalie J Accardo, Andrew Nyblade, Susan Brantley (2018): Abstract NS41B-0817 presented at 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 Dec
2018
Constraints on Ridge-to-Valley Critical Zone Structure from the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Katherine Lutz*, Natalie J Accardo, Andrew Nyblade, Susan Brantley (2018): Abstract NS41B-0816 presented at 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 Dec
2018
Using S-wave Models to Image the Subsurface at Shale Hills Observatory. Miles, Robby (2018): Bachelor of Science, Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University
2018
Chemical vs physical influences on weathering at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone: Preliminary Results from a 3D seismic imaging experiment (Invited). Natalie J Accardo*, Andy Nyblade, Xin Gu, Gregory Mount, Susan Brantley (2018): Abstract NS43A-05 presented at 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 Dec
2018
Testing the Fill-and-Spill Model of Subsurface Lateral Flow Using Ground-Penetrating Radar and Dye Tracing. Nyquist, J. E., L. Toran, L. Pitman, L. Guo, and H. Lin (2018): Vadose Zone Journal, 17:170142
2018
Understanding flow transport in the Critical Zone using 3D electrical resistivity imaging. Saneiyan, S., Robinson, J., Slater, L., Brantley, S.L., Mount, G.J., Forsythe, B. (2018): SAGEEP 2018 Meeting. 25-29 March, Nashville, TN
2018
Mapping geochemistry onto geophysics to understand the architecture of shale weathering in the shallow subsurface. Xin Gu*, Gary Mavko, Natalie J Accardo, Andrew Nyblade, Susan L Brantley (2018): Abstract NS43A-06 presented at 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 Dec
2018
Characterizing the subsurface of the Critical Zone in the Garner Run Catchment at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory using Electrical Resistivity. Yonesha Y Donaldson*, Joaquin Cambeiro, Gina Pope, Paul O'Neill, Gregory Mount, Kristina Keating, Susan Brantley, Jonathan Nyquist (2018): Abstract NS41B-0819 presented at 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 Dec
2017
Shallow critical zone architecture of a headwater sandstone catchment quantified using near-surface geophysics. DiBiase, R., Del Vecchio, J.M., Mount, G.J., Hayes, J.L., Comas, X., Guo, L., Lin, H., Zarif, F., Forsythe, B. and Brantley, S.L. (2017): AGU-SEG Hydrogeophysics Workshop, Stanford, Calif., 24-27 July
2017
Subsurface Hydrologic Processes Revealed by Time-lapse GPR in Two Contrasting Soils in the Shale Hills CZO. Guo, L., Lin, H., Nyquist, J., Toran, L., Mount, G. (2017): 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec
2017
Integrating geomorphological and time-lapse geophysical techniques to characterize hydrogeologic properties within shale and sandstone catchments at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Pennsylvania, USA. Mount, G.J., DiBiase, R., Comas, X., Del Vecchio, J., Guo, L., Hayes, J., Forsythe, B., Brantley, S. (2017): AGU-SEG Hydrogeophysics Workshop, San Francisco, Calif., 24-27 July 2017
2017
Controls on deep critical zone architecture: a historical review and four testable hypotheses. Riebe, C. S., Hahm, W. J., Brantley, S. L. (2017): Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 42 (1): 128–156 Cross-CZO National
2017
Recommendations for field-scale induced polarization (IP) data acquisition and interpretation. Zarif, F., Kessouri, P., and Slater, L (2017): Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics 22 (4): 395-410
2016
Surface and Subsurface Characteristics of Periglacial Landscape Modification in Central Pennsylvania . Del Vecchio, J., Martin, C., Mount, G.J., Hayes, J., Comas, X., and DiBiase, R. (2016): 2016 Geological Society of America Fall Meeting, Denver, CO, 25-28 September
2016
Quantifying the spatial variability in critical zone architecture through surface mapping and near-surface geophysics (Invited). DiBiase, R., Del Vecchio, J., Mount, G., Hayes, J.L., Comas, X., Guo, L., Lin, H., Zarif, F., Forsythe, B., and Brantley, S.L. (2016): 2016 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 Dec.
2016
Characterizing Subsurface Lithology and Hydrological Processes at the Susquehanna Shale Hills CZO Using Multi-scale Near-surface Geophysical Measurements. Mount, G., Guo, L., Comas, X., DiBiase, R., Hayes, J.L., Del Vecchio, J., Forsythe, B., Brantley, S.L., and Lin, H. (2016): 2016 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 Dec.
2016
Microclimate Controls on the Evolution of Critical Zone Architecture in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. West, N., Kirby, E., Nyblade, A., and Brantley, S.L. (2016): 2016 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 Dec.
2016
Electrical Resistivity Imaging is Consistent with Shallow Interflow within the Garner Run subcatchment of the Susquehanna Shale Hills CZO. Zarif, F., Slater, L.D., Brantley, S.L., Robinson, J., and Kessouri, P. (2016): 2016 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 Dec.
2015
Assessing the Subsurface Geology of Garner Run Through the Relationship Between Seismic Velocity and Layer Density. Adira, Arvy (2015): Bachelor of Science, Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University
2015
Seismic Refraction for Subsurface Analysis of Garner Run. Wang, Eric (2015): Senior Thesis, Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University
2015
Microclimate controls on weathering: Insights into deep critical zone evolution from seismic refraction surveys in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. West, Nicole, Eric Kirby, Andrew Nyblade and Susan Brantley (2015): EP41C-0941 Mechanistic Underpinnings of Damage, Disruption, and Downslope Transport of Rock and Regolith Posters, presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.
2014
Topographic stress and rock fracture: a two dimensional numerical model for arbitrary topography and preliminary comparison with borehole observations. Mirna Slim, J. Taylor Perron, Stephen J. Martel and Kamini Singha (2014): Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 40(4):512–529
2014
Dynamic time warping of time-lapse GPR data to monitor infiltration at the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. NYQUIST, Jonathan, TORAN, Laura, LIN, Henry, and PITMAN, Lacey (2014): SAGEEP 2014 March 16-20, 2014 Boston, MA USA
2014
GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR IMAGES HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES WITHIN THE UNSATURATED ZONE AT THE SUSQUEHANNA-SHALE HILLS CZO. PITMAN, Lacey, NYQUIST, Jonathan, TORAN, Laura, and LIN, Henry (2014): GSA Northeastern Section 49th Annual Meeting 23–25 March 2014
2014
Shale to Regolith Evolution: The Controls on Catchment Solute Fluxes . Sullivan PL, Goddéris Y, Shi Y, Singha K, Clarke B, Schott J, Duffy CJ, Brantley SL (2014): 2014 EGU General Assembly, Vienna | Austria | 27 April – 02 May
2013
Cross-CZO Contrasts: Aspect Controls and Critical Zone Architecture. Clarke, B.A., Kirby, E., Burbank, D.W., West, N. (2013): Abstract H43L-07presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec. Cross-CZO
2013
Geophysically-Monitored Dye Tracer Test of Infiltration in the Unsaturated Zone at the Shale Hills CZO . NYQUIST, Jonathan, PITMAN, Lacey, TORAN, Laura, and LIN, Henry (2013): GSA Annual Meeting
2013
Geologic controls on fracture distributions within the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Singha, K., Clarke, B.A., Sullivan, P.L., Chattopadhyay, P.B., Brantley, S.L. (2013): Abstract H43L-08 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.
2012
Monitoring Time-Lapse Changes in Soil Moisture During Artificial Infiltration with Geophysical Methods . Lichtner, D, Nyquist, J, Toran, L, Guo, Li and Lin, H. (2012): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 44, No. 7, p.48
2012
Susquehanna Shale Hills CZO: Undergraduate Research Project . Lichtner, D. (2012): Presentation to NSF
2012
Monitoring time‐lapse changes in soil moisture during artificial infiltration with geophysical methods: Field reports regarding surface reflection GPR, ground wave GPR, and time‐lapse ERT at Shale Hills CZO. Lichtner, D., Nyquist, J., Toran, L., Guo, L., and Lin, H. (2012): Bachelor of Science, Temple University
2012
Geophysical Prediction of Water Migration along the Soil‐Bedrock Interface at the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Nyquist, J and Toran, L (2012): Seed Grant Proposals in Support of Critical Zone Science in the Susquehanna Shale Hills CZO
2012
Fracture Patterns within the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory (Invited). Singha, K., White, T., Perron, J., Chattopadhyay, P.B., Duffy, C. (2012): AGU Annual Fall Conference Proceedings
2011
A Quantitative Analysis of Deep Shale Weathering at the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Holleran, M.E. (2011): Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, p. 38
2011
Characterization of deep weathering and nanoporosity development in shale – A neutron study . Jin, L., Rother, G., Cole, D., Mildner, D., Duffy, C., Brantley, S.L. (2011): American Mineralogist 96:498–512.
2011
Laboratory, Field and Modeling Analysis of Solute Transport Behavior at the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Kuntz, B.W., Rubin, S., Berkowitz, B., Singha, K., Toran, L. (2011): All Hands Meeting, Oracle, AZ, May, 2011
2011
Using Groundwater Models to Understand the Effects of Fractures on the Transport of Solutes at the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Mercuri, M., Toran, L., Nyquist, J., Kuntz, B., Singha, K. (2011): GSA Annual Fall Meeting
2011
Development of a summer field-based hydrogeology research experience for undergraduates. Singha, K. (2011): AGU Annual Fall Conference Proceedings Cross-CZO
2010
Comments on Energy-based Pedogenic Models by Field and Minasny (2008) and Rasmussen (2008). Lin, H.S. (2010): Soil Science Society of America Journal 74 (1):337-339.
2010
Monitoring Infiltration Process in Structured Soil Using 4D GPR. Zhang, J., H.S. Lin, and J. Doolittle (2010): ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Annual Meeting
2009
Approaches to Modeling Weathered Regolith in Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Water-Rock Interaction, EH Oelkers and J Schott, (eds),. Brantley, S.L. and White, A.F. (2009): Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, v. 70, p. 435-484.
2009
Characterizing the Lithologic Controls on Flow in the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory . Daniels, T. (2009): Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University.
2009
Characterizing weathering fronts of shales by small angle neutron scattering: pores and interconnectivity. Jin, L., Rother, G., Cole, D., and Brantley, S. L., (2009): American Chemical Society annual meeting, Washington DC.
2009
Exploring Lithologic Controls on Solute Transport at the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Singha, K., Kuntz, B., Toran, L. (2009): AGU Annual Fall Conference Proceedings
2009
Combining time-lapsed GPR and real-time soil moisture monitoring to detect subsurface lateral flow. Zhang, J., Lin, H., Doolittle, J. (2009): SSSA Annual Meeting
2008
Observations Emerging from a Network of Critical Zone Observatories: Shale Weathering at the Susquehanna-Shale Hills Observatory. Brantley, S. L., Jin, L., and White, T. (2008): Geological Society of America with Programs, 40:6, p. 275
2008
Identification of subsurface flow pattern using a combination of Ground Penetrate Radar and real-time soil moisture monitoring. Zhang, J., Lin, H.S., and Doolittle, J. (2008): The 1st International Conference on Hydropedology, July 28-31, 2008, Penn State, University Park, PA.
18 May 2019 - Fifteen undergraduates from seven regional institutions arrived at University Park, along with graduate student mentors and faculty experts, to...
24 Apr 2019 - From characterising flow pathways in outcrops and the shallow subsurface to examining weathering processes and soil formation, three geoscience...
29 Jan 2019 - Are you interested in a career with a social impact? Do you have an interest in Earth & Environmental Sciences? Apply for...
14 Jan 2019 - Penn State researchers in the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI) spent the weekend of Jan. 12-13 performing geophysical logging at the...
04 Jun 2018 - One of the first ever academically-led large scale 3D seismic refraction survey uses the Shale Hills watershed to capture high-resolution imaging of...
31 May 2018 - As part of the GEOPATHS Field Experience, first and second year undergraduate students worked together to explore the shallow subsurface of the...
25 Apr 2018 - From agricultural practices to geophysical characterizations, four seniors in the Department of Geosciences at Penn State have completed their...
14 Apr 2018 - Students enrolled in near surface geophysics classes at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (10 students), Dickinson College (14 students), Rutgers...
30 Jun 2017 - Over two days, the catena in Garner Run was home base for the Rutgers 2017 Hydrogeophysics Workshop. Faculty, graduate students, and three...
24 Jun 2016 - Organized by Rutgers and based at both Shale Hills and Garner Run catenas, the 2016 Hydrogeophysics Workshop took place on June 23rd and 24th. ...
09 May 2016 - Luquillo CZO PI Xavier Comas, Professor of Geosciences at Florida Atlantic University, joined the Susquehanna Shale Hills CZO team along with...
25 Mar 2015 - Students enrolled in Environmental Geophysics (Geosc 483) at the University Park Penn State campus will spend the next month applying principles and...
11 Aug 2014 - To improve understanding of the shallow critical zone structure at Shale Hills, two REU students along with CZO post-doc scholar Nicole West and...
16 May 2013 - Job Title: Section Head, Surface Earth Processes Section Agency: National Science Foundation Job Announcement Number: ...
17 Apr 2013 - Distinguished Sabbatical Visitor Fellowship The Wyoming Center for Environmental Hydrology and Geophysics (WyCEHG) invites applications for the...
06 Feb 2013 - Drillers arrived onsite this afternoon to begin the "Drill the Ridge" campaign for the Shale Hills catchment. To complement the 80ft well...
11 Dec 2012 - A second award has been granted on the RFP seed grant program for collaborative research at the SSHCZO. The proposal entitled "Geophysical...
05 Nov 2012 - Students present benefits of collaborating with CZOs for their annual geophysics field trip.
04 Jun 2012 - Derek Lichtner, undergraduate at Temple University, has recently been awarded the David C. Bartel Scholarship from SEG. Lichtner has participated in...
29 May 2012 - Dr. Jonathan Nyquist and undergraduate student, Derek Lichtner, both of Temple University, have begun a summer research project in conjunction with...
15 Mar 2012 - The Geosc 483 geophysics course, taught by Dr. Andrew Nyblade, will begin work in the catchment today for hands on experience using geophysical...
04 Jun 2011 - The 3rd annual hydrogeophysics field camp, offered by Dr. Kamini Singha, has come to completion. Nine undergraduate participants, from rising...
16 Apr 2010 - This summer, nine undergraduate students will be taking Geosc 397A: The Hydrogeophysics Field Experience with Dr. Kamini Singha from May 17 to June...
117 EES Building.
Garner Run and Shale Hills catenas.
2012-05-22 Hydrologic and near-surface geologic variability in a small forested watershed neighboring the Susquehanna Shale Hills CZO
117 EES Building.
"Fracture Patterns and Their Relation to Groundwater Flow" and the Lysina CZO
301 Steidle Building.
Moving Toward Quantifying Heterogeneity Controls on Flow and Transport at the Shale Hills CZO
301 Steidle Building.