Geophysics Services for Subsurface Investigation & Risk Mitigation
Encountering unknown subsurface conditions can be costly for your project, both in money spent and time lost. ARM Geophysics has the in-house knowledge and equipment to help you avoid the unexpected and to provide unique insights into the earth’s subsurface.
Our Geophysics Services:
Surface Geophysics
Surface geophysical methods provide non-invasive insight into subsurface conditions, supporting site characterization, infrastructure planning, and environmental investigations.
- Surface geophysical methods provide non-invasive insight into subsurface conditions, supporting site characterization, infrastructure planning, and environmental investigations.
- ARM Geophysics can quickly screen large areas to determine areas of thicker soil and/or shallow bedrock, which may then be investigated with a focused invasive drilling program that is much more cost effective.
- Geoenvironmental problems require out of the box solutions, such as deploying the proper geophysical tool(s) based on the project’s goals & objectives.
- 3D imaging tools can vastly improve the understanding of the subsurface conditions for regulators and other stakeholders, resulting in better and faster decisions.
- Geophysical tools can be used to significantly de-risk projects by being implemented as part of due diligence efforts.
Borehole Geophysics
Borehole geophysical logging and imaging enhances subsurface data collection and interpretation by providing continuous, in-situ measurements within wells or boreholes.
- ARM’s televiewers provide high resolution true-color images that are oriented with respect to true north, offering a better and more cost-effective alternative to rock cores.
- By using ARM’s downhole logging and imaging tools, the Conceptual Site Model can be much more robust, resulting in more credibility with regulators and other stakeholders.
- ARM has a broader range of downhole tools than any competitor in the region, including radioactive source tools such as density & neutron to measure porosity of the bedrock.
- ARM’s vast experience includes projects from coast to coast and from Alaska to Puerto Rico.
Geophysics Markets Served
Water Resources
- Identify Optimum Water Supply Well Location to Maximize Yield
- Evaluate Stormwater Injection Potential
- Characterize Groundwater Flow In/Out of Streams & Wetlands
- Evaluate Geothermal System Feasibility (Open Loop or Closed Loop)
- Geothermal Conductivity Testing
- Guide Agricultural Users to Water for Stock & Irrigation Needs
Waste Management
- Waste Delineation (Lateral & Vertical)
- Landfill Liner Leak Detection Surveys (bottom liner & cap surveys)
- Conduct 3D Leachate Impoundment Leak Surveys
- Determine Suitable Areas for Landfill Expansion
- Evaluate Waste Stability (Coal Combustion Residual [CCR] Ash & Municipal Waste)
Land Development & Construction
- Determine Depth to Bedrock & Slope Stability
- Seismic Site Classifications
- Evaluate Rippability of Rock & Provide Engineering Parameters of Soil
- Identify Karst/Sinkhole Potential & Design Sinkhole Mitigation Efforts
- Support Dam Safety & Dam Stability Studies
Environmental
- Delineate Contaminant Plumes in Soil & Groundwater (Including PFAS)
- Define Geologic Structure to Support Fate & Transport of Contaminants
- Identify Preferential Flow Paths
- Locate Buried Waste and Underground Storage Tanks & Piping
- Characterize Water Quality & Bedrock Parameters with Borehole Well Logging
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